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 Born in Antalya in 1933, he became an art teacher in 1955. He taught at
Maras, Elazig, Antalya and Ankara. Later he studied film making at the
University of South California in 1962, and at the London Film School in :
1964. He made educational films for the Film Radio Television Center at
the Turkish Ministry of Education. In 1968 his film “Elif's Ordeal” won an
award at the Tehran International Educational Films Festival. In 1970 he
joined the Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) in Ankara.
In 1971 he represented Turkey at the Monaco Television Film Festival with
his film “Sponge.”
| In 1972 he became the director of Foreign Resources and Relationships
at the Turkish Radio and Television. In 1974 his book “Film Production, Di- |
rection and Technique” was published. In 1981 he retired due to medical
complications affecting his vision following a sinus operation. :
Various ailments during his retirement led to his thorough research on nu- :
trition and health diets for a period of twelve years.
_ He lives with his wife in Antalya. He has a son and three grandchildren.
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 ealth
the fountain of

Secrets of Health and Longevity

Ayhan Eyikan

With an Introduction by Dr. M. Erdem Memetoglu,

Cardiovascular Surgery Specialist

Translated from the Turkish by:

M.N. Kemal Menemencioglu

HERMES
 Dedicated to Mahiye, my wife
To Erol and Jennifer, my son and my daughter in law.
To Ayhan, Aydin and Ayla, my grandchildren,
And to the memory of my beloved daughter Baris
Contents

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Calorie Percentages of Proteins in Some Base
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 Introduction

Today cardiovascular disorders

and cancer are the primary cause
of mortality. Even though great
strides are made in every branch
of modern medicine, escalating
cases of hypertension, diabetes
and chronic illnesses reach alar-
ming proportions. Many epide-
miologic studies conclude that
obesity and malnutrition are
common risk factors for these
illnesses.
Since the beginning of my
work as a cardiovascular surgeon the most frequent queries I have
heard from my patients have been on how, what and how much one
should eat. I have sadly witnessed many patients seek remedies in cir-
culatory tonics, miracle herbs and invigorators on sale.
In this book, Fountain of Health, Ayhan Eyikan presents healing
ingredients for a healthy life distilled from his own experiences.
Patients who have tested these remedies have come to me with thanks
after experiencing nonsurgical healing. Their joy has made me happy
too. This book is not only a health diet book; it also contains the sec-
rets for happiness of a 79-year-old young man.
With my deep respects and love

Dr. M. Erdem Memetoglu

Cardiovascular Surgery Specialist
April 2012
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The Author at Age 76
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 The Author’s Preface

As I have had no medical training, this is not a medical book. Thro-

ugh my own research during my encounters with illnesses in the least
twelve years, I gained a new degree of knowledge. I tested the ideas
that looked logical and reasonable on myself. Subsequently, I have
written down the results of my applications and observations. This is
why this book chronicles a living testimony of my personal experien-
ces and convictions.
Everybody has the right to choose how they live and eat. In the co-
urse of our lives we are rewarded for our correct actions and pay the
consequences of our wrong ones. This also applies for health and nut-
rition. I certainly paid for every mistake I made, and was duly rewar-
ded for each of my rightful deeds. In this book you will read my health
experiences and the conclusions I have reached. Those of you who
wish to try them out will find many new ideas. But I have a warning
for you, due to genetic and environmental factors and medical history,
everyone is unique. Before making any major changes in your lifestyle
you should consult with a qualified medical practitioner and seek his
supervision.
This is not a diet book targeting weight loss. If weight loss is our
primary objective, it is very difficult to maintain good health. If our
primary objective is good health, then we will acquire our ideal weight
as a side effect. When we reach our ideal weight, we would stop losing
weight even though we continue on the same diet. There is no sense
in switching from one diet to another with a fixation on losing excess
weight. You will not succeed. If you learn and apply a correct diet on
a lifelong basis, your body will keep you at its normal weight level.
Because your body knows what is best for you, provided you apply a
correct standard.
There are no recipes in the book, because for me, what is important

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is healthy nutrition knowledge. Once you learn the correct basic prin-
ciples, you can prepare your food to your taste. There are endless va-
rieties to choose from.
It is my belief that one can live up to a hundred years of age he-
althyly if he or she applies the information in this book from the time
of birth with a correct diet. But I cannot claim the same for myself. I
have no such expectations because of the mistakes I made in life. Up
to age 65, I followed a wrong diet, I took medicines and upset the na-
tural structure of my body with surgery. But as of now, I am working
to maintain good health and I am succeeding. The sooner we start to
live and eat correctly, the more we can expect to achieve health and
longevity. The sooner we cut our losses, the more we can hope to
gain. This is my sincere belief. For this reason I believe that whether
young or old, there is great benefit in everyone’s reading this book.
This book is like an insurance policy for those who read it, the price
you pay for it is the time you spend in reading it.
If after reading it, you decide to apply it, you can start with small
changes. If you wish to make major ones then you should consult with
your physician. Give him a copy of this book and ask for his advice. If
he is against all the ideas in the book, then he cannot help you. In such
a case, you should seek another practitioner to consult with. As more
and more people seek such advice, there will be an increase in de-
mand. With an increase in demand, there will be an increase in supply
in the medical world. This will result in an increase of qualified ex-
perts in the field of nutrition, health diet and fasting. As readers, if
you share these views you can be pioneers in the field of healing wit-
hout drugs. Every positive development starts with a first step. I be-
lieve that my book will be useful for those who wish to make this first
step forward.
Ayhan Eyikan
Antalya February 14, 2012

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SANTA CLAUS’ COUNTRYMAN

In August 25, 1933, a boy was born in the town of Demre (home of
Saint Nicholas better known as Santa Claus) in the province of An-
talya, Turkey. He was the second child of two teachers. As soon as he
was born his shout “I’m here” echoed through the universe. Wolves,
birds, ants, insects, trees, flowers, turtles, caterpillars, the moon, sun,
stars and all manner of living and non-living things replied in chorus,
“Welcome”.
When he was five years old he
was with a friend at the Bagyaka
village of Finike. He threw a rock
cracking the shell of a large turtle,
an act which has been a burden of
guilt on his conscience ever since.
Since then he apologized to every
single turtle he saw. When he was
fifty he would converse with turt-
les in his garden. He hand fed
them with fruits. Starting from
the largest to smallest he painted
numbers on them, beginning
with one and ending with seven-
Age 7
teen. He made shelters for them
to weather both summer and winter. He patted their heads and back.
He observed that they liked purslane and fresh poppy leaves most and
would sometimes drink water for up to 3 to 5 minutes. When they
were aware that they were loved they did not withdraw their heads.
All the turtles became his pets. Their difference from other pets was
that they were self-sufficient and did not require special care. Even
after seventy-four years the child in him does not know whether or

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not he was forgiven.
When he was nine years old he came to Antalya. He learned to
swim at the beach and later he spent all his summer months swim-
ming the deep blue waters of the Mediterranean by the rocks called
Kypranos by the locals. He would dive underwater through holes in
the rocks. Fishing at very early hours in the morning, and extracting
sea urchins, he spent his childhood playing games by Kypranos until
the late hours. He was brave, when 12 years of age he would swim by
himself to ships anchored in the open seas and back. For him lunch
with bread, cheese and grapes or bread, olives and watermelons or
bread, cheese and oranges were the most delicious meals in the world.
He would gut and clean out the fish he caught in the morning and
hand them over to his mother for cooking. He would grow tomatoes,
pepper, eggplants, parsley, and dill in the garden at middle school. His
chicken hatched all 15 chicks out of his 15 eggs.
At that time the population of Antalya was only 15 thousand. Fresh
water canals ran on the side of the streets, connect each and every
house and filling pools in their yards. Drinking water was poured into
tin containers at water stations, distributed to houses on the back of
donkeys, and was then poured in earthenware jars for storage in
homes. All other water needs were met with the fresh water supplied
to the pools by the street canals. There was no electricity. Students
did their homework by lantern light. In the winter, homes were hea-
ted by logs or coal braziers. For this reason people in homes gathered
in a small room in winter to keep warm. In the summer, the family
slept under a large mosquito net for protection against insect bites.
Food was kept in a screened cupboard for safe storage and as a pro-
tection against flies. All kinds of birds including owls perched on the
trees in the garden, swallows flew in and out of windows, and doves
made love on trees. There were times when it rained for weeks. Now
after 70 years the child in him feels that he was living in a fairytale.

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 When he was fourteen and finished middle school, he went to Er-
zurum to a Teacher’s Training School at his decision, and saw snow
for the first time in his life. As he went to school on a horse sled, he
felt he was in Siberia from what he red. Clothes that he washed and
hung up froze.
When he finished the teacher’s Training School at the age of eigh-
teen he passed the exams and gained admission to the Gazi Educatio-
nal Institute, Art Department. When he was nineteen years old he got
a glider pilot licence attending the Inénii Glider Camp. The following
summer he furthered his gliding experience by practicing looping .
At the age of twenty-two he became an art teacher. He became the
custodian of two pupils who were two years older than he was. At the
age of twenty-three, after attending the Istanbul Reserve Officer
School, he completed his military service in a year at Konya as a se-
cond lieutenant and finally as a lieutenant.
When he was twenty five he was assigned to the Antalya Inénii
Middle School. In the same year, he met and fell in love with the most
beautiful, intelligent and hard working girl in the world, who was also
a teacher like himself. He wrote love letters and poems to her. They
married in the same year. Soon after, his wife, Mahiye, became an as-
sitant to the Ankara Technical High Teacher’s Girl School in the same
year. As for himself, he won an American college grant and after stud-
ying English in Ankara for a year, he took a course in filmmaking and
directing at the University of South California in Los Angeles. When
he returned to his homeland, he made educational films at the Na-
tional Ministry of Education Film Center. One of his films won a
prize at the Iran Educational Films Festival. When he was twenty-
seven years old he went to Germany by train with his wife and bought
a car, and then toured Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Czechoslovakia,
Russia, Romania and Bulgaria, sleeping at camps and in the car.
When he was thirty his daughter was born. She was named Barts

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(Peace). In the same year he went to London and studied film making
for another year after receiving a grant.
When he was thirty-two years of age, he was assigned as film di-
rector in TRT’s television division.
When he was thirty-four years of age, his film, “Sponge” represen-
ted Turkey at the Monaco Television Films Festival.
When he was thirty-five years of age, his son Erol was born. He
was named by his sister. At thirty-nine years of age, his book “Film
Production, Direction and Technique” was published.
When he was forty years of age, he lost his capacity to work nor-
mally due to a surgical complication which affected his eyes during a
sinusitis operation.
When he was forty-six years of age, due to health problems he re-
tired in 1981 after twenty-six years of employment.
At the age of forty-nine he bought 2500 meters square of farmland
at the Duraliler village of Antalya with his retirement bonus. He en-
circled the property with cypresses and planted fruit trees. He built a
village house on it, but when the village was engulfed by the growing
city and became a suburb, his house changed status and became a part
of a “squatters settlement”.”
In 1999, when he was sixty-six years of age, his son married an
American art teacher, Jennifer. In the same year he suffered a terrible
loss. His daughter Baris, who was an assistant professor at Bilkent
University for the past four years, had a fatal car accident. When he
was sixty-seven, he became ill, and though he had surgery his com-
plaints did not diminish. After taking the advice of a friend, he reco-
vered his health by applying what he learned from certain books.

*Translator’s note: In Turkey, villages do not share the same zoning rules as the
cities. Author is humorously referring to the fact that in this case, the city grew and
turned the village into a squatters settlement instead of villagers migrating to the
city and building squatter settlements.

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 At my home garden

For the past ten years he has been a member of the Taurus Moun-
tain Sports Club (TODOSK). He has three grandchildren, Ayhan,
Aydin and Ayla.
The young man, whose life you have just read has written this
book at age 79. I hope you will find it of interest. Santa Claus made
children happy with the gifts he gave. As for me, the more people I
can give health to with this book, the happier I will be.
When I was seventy years old, I learned to live without getting sick.
My aim is not to discard doctors and hospitals. I have deep respect for
them. They do great work. They save lives. They are venerable people
that we will always need. My book was not written to compete with
them. A correct diet will facilitate their work. National wealth spent
for health issues would be reduced, and be put to better use, and we
can raise our standard of living. As long as we have bad eating habits
our medical institutions cannot fully restore our health. Healthy ge-
nerations produce healthy children, and healthy children grow to be-

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come healthy adults. The greatest wealth of nations is healthy well-
educated individuals and families.
In books I have read I have always wondered about the authors’
lives. I have briefly summarized my life, with the assumption that the
reader shares this view. In regard to the book’s topic, I think this has
significant. This book is, for the most part, a documentary on the last
twelve years of my life. Therefore I thought it would be relevant to
quickly outline the years previous to this period.
With all its beauty and ugliness, good and bad, positive and negative
aspects, life is a great gift bestowed to us by nature. It is a wonderful
adventure full of surprises. I discovered happiness in this adventure;
I saw my entrance to the world as an opportunity. I loved everything
in nature. I smiled, talked to, and conveyed my love and respect to
everything in the universe. I learned to say HOW WONDERFUL
when I have joy in life, and THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN
WORSE, when I suffer. I learned the virtues of peace, friendship,
brotherhood, tolerance, love and respect rather than fighting. I loved
the people of my country, especially their folk music and traditional
dances. I believe that all living things are as precious as I am.
As the great Turkish bard Asik Veysel said in that lovely poem of
his, I have entered through the entrance of this hall with two doors, I
have lived, I live, I will live and when the day comes, I will return the
gift of nature with thanks and joy, while passing through the exit door.

Ayhan Eyikan
Antalya 2012

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NUTRITION
Importance of
EZ.
THE FOUNTAIN OF HEALTH

Antalya May 1, 2007

Take my hand and I will take you to the fountain of health. I discove-
red this fountain when I was 68 years old. I will tell you how I found
it. This book is the story of how a seventy-four year old man recovered
his health. I am not a medical practitioner. I did not receive training
in health. Therefore what I will tell you cannot be found in health
books displayed in a abundantly in bookstores. Because I did not re-
cover my health by reading and applying those books. The story I will
tell you about my revival will sound incredible. Because when I first
learned about the methods I later used, I too thought it was incredible
and inapplicable. It was so contrary to what I had known and applied
up to then that I was shocked. Likewise, you too may be in for a shock.
As for my illness, when I was 65 years old I suffered a lot of sto-
mach bloating and gas followed by intense palpitation. This condition
called tachycardia grew so violent that I was afraid I would die of a
heart stroke. I visited all the hospitals in Antalya. I visited up to 14-15
medical specialists. None of them could say anything definite about
the cause of my complaint. Some said it was related to genetic factors,
others said it was psychological, and others simply said they don’t
know. Examinations uncovered a 15 centimeter cyst on my right kid-
ney. An urologist told me that if the cyst was removed with surgery I
would be relieved. In addition I had double inguinal hernia. My be-
loved friend, who combines professionalism with a benevolent nature,
surgeon Prof. Dr. Kemal Emek, one of the specialists of the Akdeniz
(Mediterranean) University Faculty of Medicine, performed first a
cyst operation and then a hernia one. Despite this there wasn’t the
slightest improvement in the tachycardia condition. When the cyst
was removed, the gallbladder, which had a stone, was also removed.
In fear of bloating and palpitation, I did not know what I could eat. I

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was even afraid of squeezing lemon over a salad out of fear of gas. My
life came to be dominated with the fear of death. Just as I was prepa-
ring to go to my son’s wedding in the USA, Kamran, an Azerbaijani
friend, told me that he had read a book by American author Paul Brag
called “The Miracle of Fasting”, and that this book had been on the
bestseller’s list in Russia for 15 years, and advised that I should order
it. As soon as I went to America, I found and purchased the book.
I was genuinely surprised and even shocked by what I read in the
book. Although the contents seemed sensible, it appeared incredible
in light of what I previously knew about health. The main theme of
the book rested on changing eating habits to become fit and healthy
by taking short and long fasts. When I return to my homeland, I reread
the book many times. Each time it seemed more and more logical.
I told my nephew Dinger Kemer about the book, he told me that
after searching the Internet he learned that the book was translated
into Turkish and published by IMpublication, and gave me their te-
lephone number. I was told that “The Miracle of Fasting” was out of
print, but that they had two books out on the same subject by Prof.
Arnold Ehret. I ordered them. One was “Physical Fitness Thru a Su-
perior Diet, Fasting, and Dietetics” and the other was “Mucusless Diet
Healing System: “Master Key” to Superior Health.” After reading
these I began to research other writers on the subject. I started to order
books from the USA. I bought books published by the American Na-
tural Hygiene Association, and became a member. This association
was later called the National Health Association. I subscribed to their
quarterly periodical. The spring 2006 issue of Health Science maga-
zine (page 23) published an account of my recovery (page 23). The
following is the magazine cover and text of the article.

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 by Lynn Grudnik

Ifyou have an interesting story regarding your health or involvement with the National Health
Association and would like to share it with our readers, please contact me. 1 would love to have
4 conversation with you!

“lam
so proud
to bea Century
am a 73-year-old retired art
Club member of
teacher and film producer; I
live with my wife Mahiye in an organization
Antalya, Turkey, on the coast
of the Mediterranean. thatisdoing a
“About eight years ago | started
to have some health problems with wonderful
job
my heart and stomach. | visited sev-
eral health specialists here in Turkey. of educating
in 2001 1 had surgery toremove a
cyst from my kidneys; however, my the public about
other health problems continued
and | was worried that I would have
the benefits of
a heart attack. healthy eating.”
“One of my friends recommend-
ed some books on fasting. J became
very interested in the subject and wanted to learn as much five to seven hours. | am also fortanate to be able to sun
ae possible. By investigation I ordered the book, Fasting bathe on the roof of my house all year round when the
Can Sie Your Life by Herbert M. Shelton. Information about weather permits.
the Association and Health Science magazine was includ- “| have purchased 25 books from the National Health
ed in the book. In 2002 Association. | still im-
I became 4 member of prove every day by
the National Health getting more know!l-
Association. edge through Health
“After changing my Science magazine and
diet and undertak- these books. I was a
ing some fasts, my lucky person to learn
complaints have dim- the truth of healthy
inished. 1 now have living at 68 years of
great health and have age.
not even had a cold in “My wife says my
the last three years! heaith is better now
“l can work in my than ever. She alsa
garden, | ran every reads the health books
morning for 45 min and is changing her
utes. 1 swim and bike eating habits slowly. Her health is improving, too
long distances. | ama “My son Erol and I both became Century Club Mem
member of a sports bers of the National Health Association last October. Erol
club. We walk on the lives with his wife Jennifer and their two sons in Fairfield
Taurus Mountains for Connecticut.” of Ayre Eyikaae

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 I now have over eighty books on health
and nutrition. I continue to buy more books
and increase my knowledge on the subject.
Therefore two people have played an instru-
mental role in my finding the fountain of he-
alth. One is the Azerbaijani painter, Kamran
Bagir, who is a Turkish citizen, and the other
Po i is my nephew Dinger Kemer. No amount of
Kamran Bagir thanks is sufficient for them. They helped
me take the first step. If I had not taken this first step, I might have
been dead by now.
8 months after the kidney operation, I had new developments. So
I went through an ultrasonic sensor which revealed that five cysts bet-
ween 3 to 5 cm. had grown where the 15 cm. cyst had been removed.
Since the stomach gas and palpitations had continued there was no
sense in going to a physician again. I had to discover the cause of my
health problems on my own and remedy it. I read Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s
“Fasting and Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor’s Program for Con-
quering Disease.” The more I read the more my desire to apply the
information increased. I gradually started on one day, two day and
three day fasts. A year later I did a 21 day winter fast. The next year I
did a 28 day one. In addition, I was changing my dietary habits. During
this period I was consulting books by Dr. Joel Fuhrman and Prof. Dr.
Arnold Ehret. During long fasts I measured my blood pressure every
day and kept a diary. I lost 10 kilos in the 21 day fast and 12 kilos in
the 28 day fast. I felt no major loss ofenergy. In fact, in the last day of
the 21 day fast, I took a bicycle trip 10 kilometers away from my home,
and handled my bank transactions among other tasks.
Because of the fasts and new dietary habits my health improved
day by bay. In the 17th day of the 21 day fast I did a blood-sugar test.
It was 73. My wife begged me each day to stop fasting, when she saw

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live a
With my Son and Grandchildren in the USA
me lose weight she was very much alarmed and thought I was going
to die. Later in the middle ofthe fast she could stand it no longer and
went to our home in the city, and from there she phoned on a daily
basis trying to persuade me to stop fasting.
After two years of fasting and new eating habits stomach gas and
palpitations completely disappeared. My strength increased every day.
My self-confidence and joy in life had grown. In the year 2002 I be-
came a member of TODOSK and started long hikes up the Taurus
Mountains for up to 5-6 hours on Sundays and have been continuing
this for the past four years. For the past four years I haven’t even had
the common cold. When I was 65 years old brown spots appeared on
my hands as symptoms of old age. These spots disappeared and my
skin texture improved. Whereas before I was afraid to eat raw salads
and vegetables, and was even afraid to squeeze lemon on them, now
my main diet is raw vegetables, salads and fruits.
Every morning I wake up with sunrise and exercise with an indoor
rower for 45 minutes, I then do relaxation exercises for 15 minutes. I
work the whole day at the garden. I take a bike up the 12 kilometer
road from my home to the city to run errands. I never take the public

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transportation. I only use my car when I have to go somewhere with

my wife. I climb up tall trees to collect mulberries and figs, and for
pruning. At the moment I am writing this, I am at the 7" day of my
10 day fast. So that for past seven days the only thing I consumed is
distilled water. Despite this, I rowed every morning for 20 minutes.
Though today is the 26" of November, I sunbath naked on the roof

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of my house on sunny days. It can’t be seen from outside.On days that
I fast I measure my blood pressure twice a day, once in the morning
and once at night. I routinely keep a diary and write what I do and
how I feel.
In June 2006 while visiting my son in the USA, I bought a water
distiller. Since then I have been drinking distilled water.
During fasting I occasionally do enemas. Once a week I routinely
do a 36 hour fast. During this period I do all my work without fail. If
I feel the slightest disturbance in my health, I stop eating until it passes
away. I save both time and money by stopping eating instead of going
to a doctor. Because I do not take drugs I do not consume any toxins.
I hang a piece of paper on the fridge that says “SALAD is the main
dish”. Each time I open the refrigerator I see it in color. For breakfast
I only eat ripe fruits. For the last two years I have not had a standard
breakfast. For lunch and dinner I have large salads consisting of cu-
cumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, raw cabbage, avocado, kiwi, spinach, cau-
liflower, mushrooms, scallion, purslane, and dark green leaves such
as beetroot leaves and I top them with a slightly steamed vegetable and

With my Wife, Mahiye, and my son’s Mother-in-law and Father-in-law Joe and Terry
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legume. I add 5 to 10 olives, lemon juice and very few dried fruits and
nuts. Iconsume such animal products as meat and dairy products only
when paying visits or dining with guests. Even then I try to eat spa-
ringly. It was not easy for me to take up these habits. It took me 2 to
3 years to set up this dietary routine. I must confess that during this
period I had a hard time with my wife, who was adamantly set against
it. On the other hand, it makes me happy to see gradual changes in
her outlook, because I would like to see my life partner for the past
50 years drink from the fountain of health, so that we would be to-
gether on this road in happiness.

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WHY WE GET SICK

Antalya, July 20, 2007

We are all small parts of cosmic energy. Let us call this energy life
force or VITAL FORCE. Our body uses this vital force for two pur-
poses. Firstly, in order to assure that the cells in our body can absorb
and make use of the food we eat, to provide digestion and pass nutri-
ents to the bloodstream. We call this vital process, crucial for our exis-
tence, the ASSIMILATION of nutrients.
The second process is the elimination of discarded material from
the cells; in other words, to pick up garbage that the cells do not use
(like garbage disposal trucks in cities), and to eliminate them through
the bloodstream and lymphatic system. We call this process of elimi-
nation, EXCRETION.
The VITAL FORCE coming from the universe provides that we
maintain health through ASSIMILATION and EXCRETION.
As long as our vital force can fulfill these processes in a balanced
way, we remain healthy and do not get sick.
However, when we over eat or eat the wrong kinds of food, the
VITAL FORCE cannot excrete properly. Then some of the garbage
(poisons) begins to build up in various parts of our body. We call these
poisons TOXINS. The cells in organs where toxins accumulate begin
to lose their natural attributes and their life force diminishes. When
these accumulations increase certain areas of our body become ill. Dr.
Tilden calls this physical condition TOXEMIA. When the body is
under TOXEMIA, it means that it is clogged with poisonous material.
In order to rid ourselves of this congestion and restore health our body
generally makes emergency provisions.
Martial Law is declared. A crisis management board is established
to discard the poisonous material. The board of directors creates the
symptoms we call disease to eliminate the poisons. The majority of

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diseases are created for our wellbeing by the vital force in order to ma-
intain our health. For this reason, one should not interfere with this
process with wrong methods. To give an example, the common cold
is the most widespread form of sickness. As we all know during this
illness, mucus is excreted from our nose and throat. The eliminated
mucus is toxic materials collected in the upper respiratory system.
Therefore, we should be glad when we get a cold, since some of the
accumulated toxins in the body will be removed and we will be relie-
ved. The same applies for all other illnesses. Therefore when we get
sick the best thing we can do is to stop eating and drink water. If we
continue to eat we would obstruct the purgative process of the body.
The most common supposition is that we get a cold because of
cold weather. However, this is not really the case. For someone whose
processes of assimilation and excretion are balanced there is no such
thing as getting a cold, because there is no TOXEMIA. When I was
not informed about natural hygiene, which was before I was 68 years
of age, I used to have up 5 to 6 colds, flues or coughing fits every year.
Now at 74, due to this information and a correct diet I have not had
any complaints in six years. Other than complications due to past sur-
gical operations I have no health complaints. I have not been to a doc-
tor in six years. I do not take drugs. Any medicine we take impedes
the body’s purgative process. As a result our vital force and immune
system is weakened, prolonging of the illness. Because every drug is
an additional toxin. The body perceives drugs as toxins and seeks to
expel them as soon as possible. So if we take a drug, we do not get
well because of it, but despite it. If our vital force and immune system
is strong we eliminate both the drug and toxins.

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WHAT IS ILLNESS?

Are illnesses our friends or enemies? I seem to hear all of your replies
to this question. “How can illnesses be our friends? Off course they
are our enemies.” What would you say if I said the opposite? Would
you say Ayhan Eyikan is confused or he’s lost his mind? I know that
many of you would think so. They are indeed our friends, but friends
that tell us the BITTER truth. There is a Turkish proverb, “A TRUE
FRIEND TELLS THE BITTER TRUTH.” Illnesses are perhaps our
most bitter worded friends, who love us the most.
In the previous section I revealed why we get sick. I mentioned
that in the event that the assimilation and excretion processes are not
balanced, toxins, waste substances and decomposed matter are accu-
mulated in certain parts of the body and form mucus (phlegm), and
as a result we get ill. This condition is called TOXEMIA. We cause
an increase of TOXEMIA through over eating and wrong diets, whe-
reas, as with all other living things our bodys try to maintain health.
No matter what we do, even if we follow harmful lifestyles, our DNA
structure seeks to maintain health in all circumstances, and exerts tre-
mendous effort to do so. If necessary it takes extraordinary measures.
You do not receive an inner message that says, “I will no longer inter-
vene on your behalf, I leave you to face the consequence, whatever
damage you do to yourself is your responsibility.” The vital force puts
all its resources in the service of restoring our health. It creates the
condition we call sickness in order to throw off harmful material. The
common cold is the simplest example of this endeavor, because mucus
that builds up in the upper respiratory system can be expelled from
the nose and mouth more easily. With the first symptoms we also have
a decrease of appetite.
Our body talks with us and says, “Look friend, I don’t know if you
are aware of it or not but ATRUE FRIEND TELLS THE BITTER

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TRUTH. I am your lifelong friend. I will try to protect you as long as
you live. Even if you pave the way to your death with your mistakes,
I am with you as your protector untill your death. For this reason, I
am applying a special method to rid you of mucus caused by wrong
dietary habits. You call it sickness. You are fooling yourself with ex-
cuses that have nothing to do with the real cause of sickness, such as
I got sick because I was out in the cold, I got wet in the rain, I got fa-
ticued, I was sleepless. You are misinterpreting my warning and ef-
forts. You are looking at the symptoms I created to restore your health
as if they are your enemies. Whereas, if you tried to understand my
warnings despite the harm you have inflicted on your body, you will
understand that I am trying to do what is good for you. If you can say
‘my body is trying to redress my errors, the uncomfortable symptoms
I am going through are my good friend’s bitter words spoken for my
own good’, and if you proceed to drink plenty of water, avoid consu-
ming solid foods, rest and fast when you have fever, you will facilitate
the cure and get well faster. Therefore, the condition known as illness
is not your enemy, but your ally. You should thank your friend for
his bitter words. If possible you should rest to shorten the period of
recuperation. You should avoid all foods offered, as well as drugs
which are toxic. If you take them you will make my work more diffi-
cult. ”
I think that after this explanation, we can easily answer the question
of whether illness is our friend or enemy. ILLNESSES ARE OUR
BEST AND MOST FAITHFUL FRIENDS, provided that we take
heed of their bitter words.
Aging is natural. As we grow old we grow weaker, our skin beco-
mes wrinkled, and we grow slightly uglier. IlIness however is not na-
tural. We create it with our faults. Health is the result of correct living,
illness is the result of wrong living, especially in diet. In order to ma-
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rest, sleep, sun bathing etc. are necessary. But the most important
among these is correct diet. If we express it in percentages, we can say
that right diet accounts for ninety nine percent in maintaining health.
All other factors can be considered within the one percent fraction.
Some people think that they can engage in plenty of athletics and avoid
illness with the wrong diet. Because of this misconception many ath-
letes can face fatal complications and meet an untimely death.
I mentioned that as we grow older our skin wrinkles and we grow
uglier. But this disagreeable appearance can be considerably reduced
if we become healthy, if we smile and look lovingly at the universe,
the world, our environment, and every living and non-living thing
around us. The smiling old person can be more attractive than a young
person with a gloomy face, seeing the worse in everything.

HOW MANY TYPES OF AILMENTS ARE THERE?

Today there are more than twenty thousand named ailments recog-
nized by the medical world, and this number swells day by day. Ac-
cording to this number the causes of maladies are also increasing. The
reason for this increase is that symptoms coming to light in various
organs are each considered a separate disease. As modern medicine
develops, modern diagnosis devices have increased, and the means to
detect more and more symptoms have also increased. Since each
symptom is considered a separate ailment the names given to these
ailments have also increased, and seperate methods are sought to treat
each symptom.
In his book “Toxemia explained”, Dr. John H. Tilden explains the
cause of all disease as the overflow of toxins deposited in the body,
which he calls toxemia. He claims that every disease from the com-
mon cold to cancer is a rung up different levels of toxemia, and that
each of these are merely symptoms and not causes of disease.

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 In his book “Fit for Life, A New beginning”, the author Harvey
Diamond proposes seven stages of diseases, calling them:

1- ENERVATION, 2- TOXEMIA, 3- IRRITATION,

4- INFLAMMATION, 5- ULCERATION,
6- INDURATION, 7- CANCER

There is only one disease and there is only one cause of disease.
The disease stages mentioned above are stages of one disease. In every
stage the symptoms change. The fact that the symptoms change is no
indication that they are different diseases. They are developmental sta-
ges of the same disease. No disease appears suddenly. Every stage fol-
lows after a long period dominated stealthily by the previous stage.
There are sayings that we often hear, “I just saw him yesterday and he
was fit as a fiddle, and glowing with health, and now they have taken
him to the hospital because of a stroke (or to be treated for cancer).”
We are then as surprised as if the victim was shot by enemy fire, whe-
reas, a heart stroke or cancer has at least 15 to 20 years of preparation
behind it. This means the disease developed after 15 to 20 years of
wrong eating habits, and for the past 15 to 20 years the body waited
for us to stop harming it. But then finally its tolerance came to an end
and it reproved us with the harshest words. It is such a close ally that
it accompanies us up to the grave.
Let us now examine the stages listed above:

1- Enervation
Enervation is the first stage of disease.As I mentioned before we
are all tiny parts of cosmic energy. Because of this energy (vital force)
our bodies can accomplish Assimilation and Excretion. But if we con-
tinue on a wrong diet, accumulated toxins cannot be fully eliminated
and begin to deposit in various parts in the body. I will give an example

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of a city district or quarter. Just like the body this city or district has
two major functions. One of these is vehicles and people carrying food
and beverages to groceries, delicatessens and supermarkets. The other
is the waste products that are not consumed by people, in other words
garbage. Therefore, the city is fed through Assimilation and disposes
its waste products through Excretion. Excretion is carried out by gar-
bage trucks and garbage men. Let us assume that the daily waste load
is 100 tons. If the daily capacity of the garbage trucks is 100 tons then
a putrefying odorous mass of garbage will not buildup. However, if
the loading capacity is 80 tons then everyday 20 tons of garbage will
start collecting. In ten days this uncollected garbage will become 200
tons, and in 100 days it will become 2000 tons. Just imagine what it
would be like to live with 6000 tons accumulated in 300 days. In a
short time the area will become unlivable. The people there will be
decimated through dirt and disease.
The human body is like such a city. Every cell among the one hun-
dred trillion (100,000,000,000,000) cells in your body are like people
living in that city. Every one of them feeds on the nutrients we con-
sume and discards wastes through excretion. The number of garbage
trucks was assigned according to the amount of garbage to be disposed.
But if we eat wrongly, this balance is upset. Just as in the city example
I gave, after a while the cells will not be able act in a healthy manner
and fulfill their functions within the accumulated waste material. The
first symptom will be loss of energy, enervation. There are signs that
can make us understand enervation, such as the desire for more sleep
than is normal, loss of appetite, fatigue, slackness and apathy. We have
to redress the Assimilation and Excretion capacity that is impaired
through correct dietary habits, and thereby relieve the digestive system
and restore its function. If however instead of this, we choose to con-
tinue the same lifestyle and diet, than we move from the enervation
stage to the second stage: toxemia.

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 2- Toxemia
In this stage the symptoms mentioned in the first stage are felt
stronger. If these warning signs are not heeded and wrong eating habits
are continued, and if in addition there is excessive work, insufficient
sleep, lack of rest, then new symptoms will appear. These can be such
upper respiratory complaints such as the common cold, the flue, sinu-
sitis, coughs and rises in body heat (FEVER). Fever is a very important
application that the body uses to rid itself of accumulated toxins. The-
refore, fever is not our enemy but our ally. When we have fever, instead
of rushing to a hospital or doctor and taking drugs, we should not con-
sume any solid or liquid foods other than water. If we rest in bed it
would reduce the time of recuperation. The fever melts down toxins
and makes them soluble for the bloodstream after which they are exc-
reted from the intestines, bladder, lungs and pores. If we take drugs
and consume any solids and liquids other than water, if we do not rest
and continue on a wrong diet, than the disease will reach the third stage
of development. A fever never rises to a harmful level. The body is not
stupid. It is not possible for a fever to damage any organ in the body,
especially the brain. Fever is the body’s most important defense mec-
hanism. Those who die from brain damage during fevers, die not be-
cause of fevers but because of drugs and wrong methods used to reduce
the fevers. If the fever patients request it, they can be given fruit juice
with equal amounts of water, but not if they do not wish it. The crucial
medicine is water. It would be better to offer fruit juice after the fever.
Solid food should not be presented until full recovery.

3- Irritation
During irritation the stage, the body tries harder to rid itself of toxic
materials. Though the following symptoms may appear, they vary
from individual to individual: excessive urine or bowel movement,
skin irritation, upset stomach, especially in the morning, restlessness,

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 quick temper, unjustifiable rage, depression, anxiety, headaches, dark
rings under the eyes and in women menstruation irregularities and
_ excessive bleeding.
Because these symptoms are not very upsetting, often they are not
taken seriously and considered part of the daily stress. If in this case
dietary habits are not modified to remedy the root cause then the body
will apply next stage of development, which is inflammation.

4- Inflammation
The most conspicuous symptoms of this stage are aches, pains, and
soreness. Pain is our ally, because it is a very effective alarm system
that warns us and promotes change in the right directions. If we view
pain as an enemy that invades us externally, then we would start se-
arching for remedies outside ourselves. We would resort to various
drugs. However, drugs to not treat the real cause of disease. It can
make pain go away or ease it for a short time. But in the long run, be-
cause the toxins in the body buildup even more, and the body’s vital
force has weakened, it will result in new and more serious health is-
sues to arise.

5- Ulceration f
The fifth stage is when the body has fought against toxic substances
for a long time and lost to a great extent its healthy cells. Because this
condition affects the nerves it results in an increase in pain. The most
noticeable signs of this stage are internal and external wounds. The
occurrence of what is called ulcers begins at this stage in the stomach.
The body tries to cast out accumulated toxic wastes by means of these
wounds. If the correct measures are taken and the toxic load of the
body is reduced then the wounds will heal and close up by themselves.
If the wrong lifestyle and eating habits continue, the body will create
the symptoms in the six stage in order to take tougher measures.

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 6- Induration
If the toxin buildup is not reduced by applying a correct diet, if
dead cells scattered around the lesions are not removed, the body is
forced to take new measures. Lesion tissue is hardened and a hard
crust is created around the toxic material. In this way toxic material is
prevented from entering the bloodstream. The hardened tissue is cal-
led a tumor or cyst. At first these tumors or cysts do not consist of
cancer cells. But if the wrong diet continues, the cells in that area lose
contact with the brain and with lack of contact that brain is unable to
monitor the cells. The cells become wild and out of control and the
last stage of disease which is cancer develops. In this phase the genetic
code of cells under continuous toxic influence is modified.

7- Cancer
Cancer is the last stage of disease. If the root cause behind the di-
seases that develop the prior stages, which is wrong diet, is eliminated
through the extraordinary measures, there is a possibility of turning
back even at the early phases of this stage. But if one does not take the
necessary steps at this stage then death is unavoidable. The cells are
no longer under the supervision of the brain. They multiply randomly
without stopping. Health will be restored if the warnings that are pro-
vided in the seven stages are heeded and the necessary modifications
are made timely. The body alerts us to make the required changes in
diet. It does not make the changes for us. We can only make these
changes through knowledge. Therefore all these warnings that we call
sickness are our allies. In short we must remember the proverb A
TRUE FRIEND TELLS THE BITTER TRUTH at all times.
Cancer is not an enemy that attacks suddenly. All cancers have at
least ten years behind them due to our errors. It takes a year for a single
cancer cell to proliferate and multiply by twelve. For a cancer cell po-
pulation to become the size of needle head takes six years and it takes

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ten years before prognosis. A ten year old cancer tumor has the dia-
meter of about one centimeter, in other words it is about the size of a
chickpea. Treatments such as surgery, radiation therapy and chemot-
herapy (drug treatment) attempt to treat the effects (the symptoms)
and not the real cause. Because of this, since the lifestyle and diet re-
mains the same, the proliferation of cancer can be expected. This con-
dition is called metastasis in medical terminology, which is the
proliferation and spreading of cancer cells to other locations in the
body. In such a case, cancer does not reappear after being treated, but
continues to exist because the real cause was not remedied. With these
methods it is not cancer that is eliminated; only the symptoms are
temporarily eliminated. If the lifestyle has not changed then removing
the breast, womb, prostate or other infected organ would be similar
to picking a ripe fruit and expecting the tree not to bear fruit again.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND CANCER

Lymph is the fluid that circulates throughout the lymphatic system.

In addition to the circulatory system which circulates blood through
the body, there is a seperate system of vessels that circulate lymph.
Amounts of white blood cells flowing through these vessels are three
times those of red blood cells. If the vessels in the lymphatic system
were joined together they would add up to 160 thousand kilometers,
an amount that can circumnavigate the world four times. Contrary to
the circulatory system, the circulation in the lymphatic vessels moves
in one direction. It collects the waste material from all the cells exc-
retes them from the bowels, urinary track, respiratory system and the
pores of the skin.
Within the lymphatic system there are lymph nodes of various
sizes. These are elliptic shaped tissues resembling tumors. One can

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Agiz Bélgesi ve Pharynx: Lent DamarfartveNodiilleri

Lymphatic Vessels and Nodes at the Head

and Neck

SERIE 88 BAS VE BOYUN

Ince Bagirsak: Lenf Damarlari ve Nodiilleri

Lymphatic Vessels and Nodes at the Small

intestines
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locate lymph nodes large enough to feel with the hands below our left
and right jaw, on both sides of our throat and at the groin. There are
thousands of these within our body. Of what use are these to the
body? The lymph nodes are the fuses of the body. While passing thro-
ugh lymph vessels white corpuscles pass through these nodes. Tonsils
are lymph nodes that are visible to eyesight at the throat. Lymph hea-
vily loaded with waste material while passing through these nodes
(lymphoid tissue) makes some of the wastes harmless.
The remaining waste material passes through subsequent nodes
after which a portion is carried to organs of elimination and removed
from the body. There is a limit to the purging function of these nodes.
If this limit is exceeded with wrong diet or obesity, or if drugs are taken,
waste material begins to accumulate in the tissues. This accumulation
will cause the nodes to swell and grow. In some ailments these swel-
lings can be felt and even seen. When our immune system is at a high
level the harmful cells in the waste material in the nodes that cause the
swelling are not cancer cells. This is why when parts are taken from
certain tumors for examination cancer cells are not detected.
But if the wrong diet persists, and the immune system is weakened
in later years, then the nodes can no longer perform their job fully,
and toxic material that has been deposited there for a long period pro-
duces cancer cells and these rapidly proliferate to form cancer tumors.
Cancerous tumors cannot be differentiated with one hundred percent
absolute accuracy from noncancerous tumors by pathology. For this
reason sometimes a patient with cancer will be told he does not have
cancer, and sometimes a patient that has no cancer will told be he has
cancer. According to the type of cancer, the patient will be adminis-
tered drug therapy (chemotherapy), radiation therapy (radiotherapy)
or surgery for treatment. If the patient actually does have cancer, then
temporary signs of improvement can be seen in a short time. But in
the long term the patient will get worse. For this reason there is a po-

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pular belief that if cancer is operated on, it will run rampart. Because
a tumor removed by surgery means the body has one less fuse to go
on. Since our body does everything get us better, it tries to keep the
cancer cells sealed up and contained in a nod, and prevent them from
spreading by entering the bloodstream. For this reason, in the first
stage of cancer, when the body’s vital force is still strong, the best co-
urse of action would be to assist the body in disposing of its toxic was-
tes by fasting. In this way the cancer cells can be eliminated. During
fasting the body eats up harmful cells.
I mentioned previously that the tonsils are our visible lymph nodes.
When the tonsils swell we have difficulty swallowing and getting food
down our throats. This condition which is especially prevalent in
childhood, tells us subconsciously, “Hey partner, because you eat
wrongly or excessively, I have sent you some minor warnings as ~
symptoms, for example, influenza and coughs. You didn’t get the mes-
sage. You continued your wrong diet. Since I have programmed you
do be healthy under any condition I am doing what you neglected to
do for you. I am going to swell your tonsils in order to prevent swal-
lowing and consumption so that your health will be restored. I am
your lifelong faithful friend with bitter words under all conditions. I
will not abandon you even if you do not listen to me. I am with you
till the day you die. No matter how much wrong you do, I will take
measures to eliminate negative influences. If you can only assist me
in my efforts I will restore you to your health in a short time.”

WHY WE EAT EXCESSIVELY AND WRONGLY

Even though all animals know what and how much they should eat,
is this ability absent in human beings? During the course of evolution,
Just like wild animals, for thousand, millions of years humans knew
what and how much to eat. While on a vegetable diet, which is suitable

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to our build and genetic makeup, over-eating and wrong diet were
not issues. But as soon as we began to consume animals and animal
products, malnutrition developed because we were not getting suffi-
cient nutrients. In order to compensate for this deficiency an organ
called appestat in the lower section of our brain stimulates us to eat
more. We were obtaining more calories from animal products, but
not the vital nutrients we need, such as vitamins and minerals. When
we eat more of the wrong foods to compensate for this deficiency, our
diet becomes more imbalanced. Our taste buds have begun to lose
their natural and instinctive capabilities. We do not have taste buds to
taste animal products and refined fats. You cannot consume animal
products or fats as they are. We cook them and flavor them with sauces
and other flavoring ingredients. These applications, contrary to our
inborn nature developed through thousands of years of experience,
have resulted in man’s forgetting for the most part what natural foods
are. Consequently, we have lost the taste for natural foods, and we
think processed and refined foods taste better. Because wrong eating
habits have increased, fewer nutrients are consumed and people have
started to eat more. Thus as a result of wrong and excessive eating,
they have gradually distanced themselves from nature and the basic
cause for the commencement of disease has been brought about. This
is why illnesses are appearing at a younger age in growing ratios, and
we have untimely deaths. A person can live free of illness for 100 to
150 years with correct diet habits.
Carved on the wall of a ruin in ancient Egypt was found the follo-
wing inscription: “WE LIVE BY ONE FOURTH OF WHAT WE
EAT, AND WE SUPPORT PHYSICIANS WITH THE REMAI-
NING THREE FOURTHS.” This was engraved 5,800 years ago. It
virtually proves that we have had wrong eating habits for thousands
of years. Today this ratio may have gone down to one sixth or one se-
venth, and even one tenth in obese people.

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DRUGS, CAN THEY HELP REMEDY DISEASE?

The answer to this is definitely NO. Please take note on what I am

about to say, because this is one of the most important issues in the
fundamentals of health. Throughout the world, millions of people take
medicine when they get sick. The pharmaceutical industry is one of
the world’s major industrial branches. I would like to make this clear.
I am not condemning drug manufacturers, because the laws of
SUPPLY and DEMAND are one of the main tenets of economics. If
there is no demand then there is no supply. First demand has to be
created. Why and how is the demand for drugs created? When people
have a health problem, they expect an outside agent to affect a cure.
Since we have been brought up to believe that disease comes to us
from external sources, we seek its treatment from people or substances
external sources. We embrace doctors or drugs as our saviors. Since
we do not know that we get sick because of our lifestyles and eating
habits, we rush to the hospital for the slightest complaint. This situa-
tion creates a mounting demand throughout the world. We seek to
eat, drink and live as we please and expect to be miraculously restored
instantly to health by doctors through drugs, injections and surgery.
This expectation creates a supply. As the demand increases it leads to
more and more doctors and drugs.
These drugs sometimes relieve us of our complaints, but since our
complaints are not the primary causes of our ailments, this relief is of
a temporary nature. Nonetheless we are led to believe that our ailment
is cured.
Now, I will relate how these drugs create this effect. From the mo-
ment they enter our mouth, our body acknowledges all substances
that it does not utilize as nutrients as toxins and tries to disposes of
them in various ways. Since it does not make use of drugs as nutrients
it regards them as toxins, and creates a crisis management committee

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after receiving commands from the brain. Just as governments declare
Marshall Law in force majeure conditions, the body significantly
exerts itself and takes extraordinary measures to get rid of the toxins
consumed. Everyone knows that a drug overdose will kill us. This in
itself is a clear indication of what drugs are. If the drug is taken at the
prescribed dosage and the body can dispose of it, we will not die. If
the defense mechanism of the body is weak then even a small dose
can kill us.

HOW DRUGS PROVIDE TEMPORARY RELIEF

Let us say you have an ache on your knee, and after visiting your
physician he gives you a drug prescription. As I mentioned before the
knee pain is our friend telling the bitter truth. He is saying, “Look fri-
end, because of wrong eating habits, toxins have collected on your
knee. I am warning you with pain. Correct your diet or you will suffer
more serious complaints.” Without the right knowledge you cannot
understand what your body is telling you. You go to the pharmacy
with your prescription in hand, and purchase the prescribed drugs.
You then take them at the recommended dosage. The minute you
proceed with medication, your brain sends the following message to
the entire body, “I activated your defense mechanism in order to dis-
pose ofthe toxins in your knee, in other words, I mobilized the army
to that front. But now a new and more dangerous toxin has just ente-
red the body. We have to get rid of this toxin with priority. For this
reason, I am obliged to pull back the army from the knee and deploy
it to the more dangerous toxin. So I am discontinuing the defensive
combat at the knees. I am declaring Marshall Law against the enemy
with reinforcements. As soon as I defeat and eliminate him, I will re-
turn to the combat at your knee.” }
Therefore, as long as we take drugs the pain in our knee ache will

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subside, because the battle that causes the pain has been temporarily
suspended. When the pain goes, you are pleased thinking that the me-
dication made you well. However, since the application did not cure
the root cause of the complaint, when the influence of the drug has
completely gone your knee ache will return. After your body defeats
the more dangerous enemy, the battle against the toxins in your knee
will continue. Since you believe that the drug made you well, you will
take it again, you will enter a vicious circle. Because you take more
drugs your liver will be exhausted and wear out, and as is common
with people who take lots of drugs, resulting liver failure ultimately
paths the way to cancer of the liver. The liver takes the main burden
in ridding the body of all the toxins that enter it. Since alcoholic be-
verages are wholly toxic, liver complaints will be more frequent in
those who over drink.

ATHLETICS — EXERCISE AND HEALTH —

Antalya, November 2, 2010

Most of us believe that by taking long walks and regular exercise we
can maintain health. Some believe that the best way to lose weight is
through exercise, and that this is sufficient. I have known people, who
because of this misconception have had cardiac operations, even after
taking long walks on a daily basis. Whereas, if athletics and exercises
do not go hand in hand with correct eating habits we can neither be
completely healthy, nor lose excess weight. Athletics improve one’s
physical fitness, but without proper diet illness and eventually a time-
less death are unavoidable.
It is quite common to see overweight and fat people walking with
quick strides in parks and tracks. Whereas, the first thing they should
do is free themselves from excess fat through dietary habits. They sho-
uld increase exercises as they reach their normal weight level. For a

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person with an excess of 20 to 30 kilos to walk one hour a day is like
slowly committing suicide. Such self-coercion is a heavy burden on
the heart. Imagine tying 20 kilos of weight on a person with normal
weight, and the hardship he will suffer. Under such physical stress
the amount of energy that the body would have to use is enormous;
in comparison the benefit to be derived from walking is shear fantasy.
In my opinion, the more overweight people engage in regular and in-
tense physical exercises the more danger they are in. They are placing
an invitation to heart attacks or strokes. The basic rule to follow sho-
uld be “FIRST LOSE WEIGHT AND THEN EXERCISE.”
In previous pages I mentioned that we are small parts of cosmic
force. This force is given to each and every living being at birth. Some
receive much and some receive little of it, for everyone it is different.
We use this vital force which is connected with our genetic make up
until our last dying breath. When our vital force is finished our life is
terminated. This situation is like money placed in your account in a
bank. If you use this money with prudence it will last for a long time.
If you use it extravagantly then it will disappear in a short time. So if
the money of a person who is economic lasts for 100 years, the money
of a spendthrift would last for 50 to 60 years, maybe even 40 years.

HOW SHOULD WE LOSE WEIGHT?

Antalya, November 8, 2010

In many countries with the increase of obesity, weight loss has be-
come of primary concern. The number of overweight people increases
every year and we have started to seek solutions, miracle drugs, and
shortcut methods from doctors, dieticians, television programs, the
press and books on the subject. For this reason, hundreds of weight
loss diets have sprung up. People are hoping to lose weight by spen-
ding months, years trying one diet after another. When they do not

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get results, they lose hope and give up, because none of the popular
diets give permanent results. They cause malnutrition. As long as you
apply the diet you lose weight, but after the diet return to your starting
point.
Here I will let you into a secret. There is no effective weight loss
diet method. As long as our major objective is weight loss we cannot
lose weight. OUR FIRST AND MAJOR CONCERN SHOULD
BE BEING HEALTHY. Health can be achieved through correct ea-
ting habits. If you eat in the right way then you have health. Weight
loss is a side effect of correct eating habits. Let me give an example.
Crude oil taken from petroleum wells has to be refined in refineries
before it can be used. The prime objective is to obtain gas. During the
process many side products are produced, such as plastics and many
chemical substances. When we focus on a correct diet, the main pro-
duct is health. The foremost side product is obtaining our normal we-
ight. Other than these are numerous other side effects such an active
lifestyle, joy of life, happiness, self-confidence, and sense of peace with
the world and oneself.
After having read the above, I seem to hear you ask, “WELL
THEN, WHAT IS THE CORRECT DIET?” I wish to answer this
question directly and simply: Let us divide the food we eat into two
groups.

FOODS THAT ARE CAUSE OF ILLNESS

1 - ALL ANIMAL PRODUCTS
2 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
3 - REFINED (WHITE) SUGAR
4 - REFINED AND PROCESSED OILS
5 - WHITE FLOUR
6 - SALT
7 - COOKED FOODS
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HEALTH PROVIDING NUTRIENTS
1 - RAW LEAFY GREENS SALADS
2 - RAW AND LIGHTLY COOKED VEGETABLES
3 - LEGUME AND GRAIN SPROUTS
4 - RIPE FRUITS
5 - BOILED LEGUMES
6 - VEGETABLE JUICES (Especially carrots, leafy greens, beet
leaves, lettuce, cucumbers, beetroot, and white and red cabbage)
are produced by high-speed blenders or vegetable juicers.
7 - RAW NUTS(In small amounts) almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts,
very lightly roasted pistachios, dried grapes and figs.

If you noticed, I mentioned nutrients for providers of health, and

foods for illness causing ones. Because what we require is health pro-
viding nutrients. Therefore, I had no intention to call illness causing
ones nutrients. I place them not in the nutrient category, but in the
food category. Now I seem to hear the question, “Should we never
eat these illness causing foods?” In my nutrition recommendations
there are no foods that are completely disallowed. Prohibitions are
valid only for serious illnesses until full recovery.
For centuries we humans have had to consume illness causing
foods for a number of reasons. Our bodies have tried to use and adapt
to these foods with the least possible damage. For this reason they
have acquired a certain amount of acceptance. We can benefit from
them up to a certain degree depending on our genetic make up and
immune system. But since these are not suitable to our natural make
up, they demand a great amount of expenditure from our vital force.
In other words, we withdraw more from our bank account. Our or-
gans become more fatigued and worn out. In that case, what should
be the ratio between illness causing foods and health causing nutri-
ents? How much should we eat from one group, and how much from

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the other group? What is the measure for this? Now I will give you a
simple rule to provide understanding for this measurement:
IF AFTER YOUR DIET YOU HAVE NO HEALTH ISSUES,
THEN THE RATIO IS CORRECT, IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH
ISSUE, THEN IT IS WRONG.
If your blood-sugar test is normal, you are at your ideal weight and
you feel physically and emotionally fully healthy, continue with your
dietary method. But if you have the slightest complaint, then you sho-
uld change the ratio in favor of health providing nutrients. The best
way to achieve this is by not keeping illness causing foods in your
home. You can consume small amounts of these outside such as when
visiting others. In this way, you will not leave your host in a difficult
position by saying you will not eat this or that. Also you will save both
your health and your money,because illness causing foods are gene-
rally more expensive than the health providing nutrients. In addition,
you will adapt to the social ambiance without standing out. If you fill
your plate with health providing nutrients, and add small amounts of
harmful foods as garnishing, you will both appease hunger and reduce
the risk of sickness. I apply this method for lavish dinner tables. Des-
pite this, if I go too far, I will make sure to eat less or not at all in the
days following. If I notice the slightest health issue IWILL EAT LESS
OR NOT AT ALL, UNTIL THAT HEALTH ISSUE GOES
AWAY, in other words I would fast. When we learn that all illnesses
have their roots in wrong diets, it becomes easy to apply this method.
Since nearly all ailments are due to what we eat, WE SHOULD RE-
MOVE SOMETHING RATHER THAN SUPPLEMENT IT. Not
eating something means removing something. Illnesses have not ap-
peared due to absence of drugs, so it makes no sense to take them for
treatment. When we understand the general logic behind this, we un-
derstand the relationship between illness and drugs better.
If we take drugs when we get sick, or if we eat without waiting for

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real hunger, it means we are adding something into our body. This
would delay the recuperation of the body and in the long term weaken
the immunity system.

WHY POPULAR DIETS DO NOT PROVIDE

WEIGHT LOSS

Most popular weight loss diets depend on eating less. In some diets
avoiding certain foods for a certain period is recommended. This met-
hod and advice is difficult to apply, because it is not suitable to human
genetic make up. For this reason it can only be applied for a short pe-
riod, and after a while it will be abandoned because the body will rebel
against it, and go back to the previous eating habits.
Why can’t the body adapt such a diet for a long time? I will give
you the answer. There is an organ called the appestat in the lower part
of our brain. This organ monitors our stomach in two ways. First it
measures the expansion of the stomach. When we eat our stomach
expands. When this expansion reaches its top limit, our appestat says,
“If you eat more you will upset the stomach’s function. So I am given
you a sense of being full and satisfied so that you do not eat any more.”
The second duty of the appestat is control whether we have con-
sumed enough nutrients. If even though the stomach has reached its
full capacity, there is not enough nutrients in the food it contains, the
appestat says, “Well, alright so you have appeased your hunger, but
you have not consumed the necessary nutrients. Therefore Iam not
giving you the necessary sense of being fully satisfied. You should eat
some more nutritional food.” In other words, because of our genetic
make up our stomach seeks to be satisfied both by expansion and by
a sufficient amount of nutrients. This is an instinctive need. Because
it is run by instincts it is very strong. We cannot resist these two defi-
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 All popular weight loss diets are subject to these two conditions.
Either we are not satisfied or we do not consume sufficient amounts
of nutrients. In these situations, since the stimulus from the appestat
is very strong, a person’s conscious resistance to it cannot last long,
and in most cases one returns to the previous eating habits.
If we consume lots of illness causing foods and little of health pro-
viding nutrients, then even if our stomach expands to a satisfactory
level, because we have not consumed sufficient amounts of natural
healthy nutrients, the appestats’ stimulus continuous and motivates
us to eat more. If we do not understand the real cause of this stimulus,
we will continue to consume illness producing animal products with
high calorie levels instead of vegetables. As a result of such a wrong
diet, instead of losing weight we would gain more of it.
How can we free ourselves from this vicious circle? I will offer you
a simple solution that is easy to apply. In order to provide for your
stomach to reach its natural level of expansion and to provide for suf-
ficient amounts of nutrition, the first and only thing you should do is
to provide this need with food with nutritional content, such as salads
and vegetables. If you do this you will be freed from stimulus from
appestat forcing you to eat excessively.
There are diets such as those proposed by the American physician
Dr. Atkins, which recommend taking animal products instead of ve-
getable ones. According to this view it is only possible to lose weight
by consuming only animal proteins. Because when we do not take
nutrients, the body loses weight in an unnatural and harmful way.
Those who are unaware of the damage done to their bodies are pleased
when they see that they have lost weight. For this reason Dr. Atkins’
books have sold a lot and many people have applied it. Dr. Atkins set
up a foundation with the money he gained. It is said that he followed
his diet. However, after he died at 73 years of age, the health problems
of those who applied the diet were so enormous that the victims sued

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the foundation for compensation.
There is a saying that many of us are fond of repeating, “EAT
LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.” This saying can be misleading. Be-
cause if we eat a little of everything, it means eating a little of beneficial
nutritious foodstuff as well. For this reason this saying should be cor-
rected to read: “KNOW WHAT TO EAT LESS AND WHAT TO
EAT MUCH OF.” Otherwise this could mean eat little of salads too.

ARE THERE HERBS THAT HEAL?

Antalya, November 20, 2010

I have read books on herbalism since my youth. I applied many of
medical herbs to relieve various complaints. I tried to apply natural
remedies suggested by physicians, the press, friends, acquaintances
and relatives. Since my twenties I have believed in health through diet.
I tried to maintain health with the knowledge I possessed. Despite this
I have had health complaints now and then. For example, I used to
get a cold, flue or coughs 3 to 4 times every winter. At age 35 I was di-
agnosed for sinusitis and had a surgical operation. As a result offaulty
surgery, I have suffered permanent pain in my upper left jaw and oc-
casional pain when I chew. This condition has resulted in stains in
the left retina of my eye. For ten years I have visited many physicians,
from hospital to hospital, to remedy this condition. I was operated on
again and again with no results. After ten years I learned to accept and
live with this issue. 42 years after the sinusitis operation I still have to
frequently rest my eyes. When I chew on the left side, I have pain in
my upper jaw and my eye complaints increase. Since my early youth,
I have had stomach trouble, I have taken medicine, and I have taken
medical herbs. They have not relieved me of stomach complaints. Do
you know when my stomach improved? After 65 years of age, when
I learned about the benefits of a proper diet. I now know that there is

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no disease that cannot be remedied with the right dietary habits, as
long as you do not disturb the body’s natural order of the body thro-
ugh surgery and accidents. Now at age 77, my only complaint is the
eye trouble due to wrong surgery.
You may ask what all this has to do with the healing properties of
herbs. Even though up to age 65, I tried every method of treatment I
know of, and used every medical herb recommended, why did my
stomach complaints last for 45 years between age 20 and 65? It was
because my diet that reflected what I knew at the time was wrong. I
thought that they were right at the time. This fallacy persists to a great
extent today, and people rush from doctor to doctor without relief,
and even though they use medical herbs they are not remedied of their
health complaints.
For thousands of years people have been seeking external remedies
for illnesses, because they were not aware of its real cause and believed
it came externally.For this reason the belief in medical herbs has per-
sisted for thousands of years. After these long periods of use, they dis-
covered that some herbs reduce certain health complaints and even
in some cases provide treatment.
There are many pharmaceutical drugs that are extracted from
herbs. Therefore we cannot claim that medical herbs do not exist. Ho-
wever they do not have as much benefit as is accredited to them. They
do not affect the real cause of illnesses but can help alleviate the
symptoms. In other words, they are a kind of drug. Since all drugs are
recognized as toxins, the body will try to dispose of herbal preparations
or tonics as soon as possible. Because as I mentioned before the body
will try to get rid of any substance it does not use as nutrients right
away. DRUGS DO NOT CREATE ANY REACTION. THERE IS
ONLY THE REACTION OF THE BODY AGAINST DRUGS.
Drugs are lifeless substances. Lifeless substances do no create reacti-
ons. Living organisms create reactions. For this reason a drug admi-

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nistered to a dead body creates no reaction in the dead person’s body.
To summarize, as long as we continue a wrong diet, no medical
herb can restore us to complete health. They can only rid us of our
complaints for a temporary period. For this reason, to seek remedies
from medical herbs while retaining a wrong diet is not the solution
for a complete recovery to health. The real healing herbs are the right
nutrients we eat.

FEEDING OF CHILDREN

A healthy diet for our children is more important than diets for mature
people. Because the illnesses that mature people face have their toots
in wrong diets in childhood. The period up to ten years of age is es-
pecially important, because this is the period of the most rapid increase
of body cells. Mistakes in eating habits are the most significant factors
in the development of physical and psychological health disorders of
the individual.
At the present time, the foremost handicap in the feeding of child-
ren is parent’s misconceptions concerning the correct dietary requi-
rements of their children. The main mistake is parents deciding on
their own whether their children are hungry and whether they have
eaten a sufficient amount. The most common complaint of many
mothers can be summed up as: “THIS CHILD WILL NOT EAT,
AND WILL NOT SAY I AM HUNGRY EVEN IF I DO NOT
SERVE FOOD FOR THREE DAYS’.
As long as mother’s have this fear, it is not possible for children to
eat after getting hungry. There are two rules for correct eating habits:
1 - To eat when feeling real hunger
2 - Not to pick food, and to eat balanced
Up to the age of one and one and a half years, children will not eat
by force through their natural instincts. They will close their mouths

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and turn their heads away. No matter how much you insist, you can-
not make children eat in this period. But later they will eat food that
they like, even if they are not hungry. When they eat food that they
like and they are not fully hungry at the time, their stomachs that are
not prepared for new food will become upset. A certain period is ne-
cessary for a stomach that is more or less upset to get well again. This
period may be long or short depending on how upset it is. In such pe-
riods, mothers who think, “Let him eat anything as long as he eats,
otherwise he will die of hunger,” will ask their child what they want
to eat, without waiting for them to get truly hungry. The child will
demand the food he likes. But quite often the food he likes is not what
is good for him, because every year his taste buds’ sense for natural
and correct taste deteriorate. In this way, children who eat by force
without feeling hunger are grown. The child forgets to eat with ap- —
petite. The eating habits of the child become the major concern at
home. It becomes a center of attention after every meal. A child with ©
indigestion becomes irritable. Parents call this condition mischief,
WHEREAS THERE ARE NO NAUGHTY CHILDREN.
THERE ARE ONLY CHILDREN WITH INDIGESTION.
It is difficult to educate, train and confer good habits to children
with indigestion. Parents who think they are doing good to their child-
ren by giving them the food they want are in fact doing the worst
thing. If the illness of children does not come with birth, then whether
it is physical or psychological, their mothers or fathers or whomever
is feeding them is at fault. A child with digestive disorder is like a steel
bar that cannot be bent. But a child with good digestion is as flexible
as beeswax. Then raising a child is the most wonderful and pleasant
experience in the world. You can then have the happiest time of your
life with such children. But a child with frequent indigestion can be
the source of much misery. Every day will be a living hell.
Children with wrong eating habits are unaware of the health prob-

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lems they will encounter in the future. But those who bring them up
do. Therefore, it is imperative for mothers, fathers or others respon-
sible for looking after children to be well informed on dietary methods
not only for the children’s sake, but for their own happiness and the
future of society. Healthy adults are developed from healthy children.
Is there a correct method to follow for the correct feeding of child-
ren? There certainly is and it is very simple. First mothers and fathers
should learn what a correct and healthy diet is. What children should
eat should then be determined by the parents in accordance with this
correct information. The dinner table at each meal should be supplied
with health giving nourishing food. Foremost among these are salads
and vegetables. Children will often not want to eat these. Children not
used to eating fruit may not even want to eat them. Therefore the cor-
rect nutritious food that adults eat should be set on their dishes. If they
eat the food that they like and leave the food that they don’t like at a
meal, the food that they did not eat should be placed before them in the
next meal. If they do not eat it, new food should not be given. This met-
hod assures that they do not eat until they are hungry. When they are
genuinely hungry, you will be surprised to see their appetite for the sa-
lads and vegetables that they previously refused to eat. The children will
at first protest against the food, and insist on the food that they like. At
this point the mother, father or guardian should be patient and decisive.
If you are patient and decisive, it will surprise you to see how quickly
they will adapt to conditions, and get used to not being selective in food.
Asa result, both you and your child will be very content. A child who
is not choosy in what he eats has a balance diet. Instead of family feuds
at the dinner table you will have cheerful reunions. You can easily es-
tablish correct table habits. Children who are correctly fed are the best
supporters of their parents. They will assist you and try to be like you
at all times and in all aspects. The happiest times parents have are when
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themselves, become self-confident and mature at an early age. UN-
FORTUNATELY IN TODAYS WORLD FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN BECOME CHILD DOMINATED FAMILIES.
They try to do everything according to the child’s desire. Children
are spoiled. Children brought up this way ultimately lead to social
decline. LOVE AND AUTHORITY SHOULD GO HAND IN
HAND. TRUE LOVE IS FOUNDED ON CORRECT AUHTO-
RITY. If there is no discipline and authority based on correct diet, you
cannot expect love and respect from children. Children do not love
adults they do not respect. They will try to abuse the love of parents
whom they do not respect, and take advantage of them. They will use
them like slaves to get what they want. Children, who are not brought
up with the responsibly suited to their age, will become irresponsible
when they grow up.
CHILDREN SHOULD DO WHAT THEIR PARENTS TELL
THEM AT FIRST DEMAND. It is wrong to repeat a request five,
ten, fifteen times. In such a case child-adult relationships become a
feud. Children should be brought up to accept the authority of adults
who look after them. Show your affection not by continuously repea-
ting how much you love them, but with your behavior, the tone of
your voice and the warmth in your relationship. When they ask for
your help, when they need you give your time with affection. As much
as possible try to perform duties along with them. Their performance
may not be as good as yours. This is natural. Since your experience
has twenty years behind it, and his has only a few days, you should
commend and encourage him. The best way to be in touch with them
is to have conversations while working with them.

An Event I lived With My Grandchild

I wish to relate to you an event involving my grandchild, which

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sheds light on correct die-
tary habits for children. My
son lives in the USA. His
wife is an American. I have
three grandchildren. In
2007, I visited them with
my wife. I stayed for three
weeks. Ayhan, my oldest
grandchild was 7 years old,
Aydin was 5 years old and
Ayla was 3 months old at
the time. Jennifer, their
mother is an art teacher,
and was on summer holi-
day at the time. One day
she asked me, “I have to go
to school tomorrow, Ma-
Ayhan Junior
hiye [my wife] will look
after Ayla [my granddaughter] can you look after Ayhan and Aydin [my
grandsons ]?”
I said, “I would be happy to.” That evening I told Mahiye, “Jennifer
gave me the responsibility of looking after Ayhan and Aydin tomor-
row. I want to pass a nice day with them in peace. Therefore, I must
organize what they will eat. Otherwise, if they eat as they do every
other day it will be a chaotic day with infighting and squabbling be-
cause they will have indigestion. Please don’t interfere with me on
dietary matters.” My wife unwillingly accepted this request.
Next morning the children played for a while after they got up.
Based on my previous observation, I was aware that in the morning
they would always play without fighting. After eating cornflakes or
cereals with cold milk, Ayhan would have an upset stomach and the

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fighting would begin. Without waiting for their stomach to get well,
they would follow the cereals with the food of their choice, and con-
sequently become irritable throughout the day. They then could not
establish proper communication with their parents, and much of the
day would pass with squabbles.
At about nine o’clock in the morning they came down saying they
were hungry, and instantly snatched the cereal and milk boxes they
were used to consume for breakfast. I stepped in front of the boxes
and said, “First you will each eat a ripe banana.” They said, “We don’t
want bananas.”
I replied, “Then you will have to wait until you are hungry.”
They said, “Grandpa, we’re hungry now.”
I said, “You’re not hungry enough to eat a banana.”
They said, “We don’t eat bananas.”
With a very determined and decisive tone of voice I asserted, “You
cannot eat anything before eating a banana.”
My wife couldn’t contain herself any longer and said, “Let the kids
eat what they want.”
I responded to her with the same determined tone of voice saying,
“You promised me yesterday. Please keep your promise.” She angrily
sat down on the sofa, and the children sat down on the chairs with
sullen faces. I continued to read my book. After five minutes Aydin
said, “Iam going to eat my banana.”
I said, “O.K., then take one of the ripe and spotty bananas on the
table and eat it.” He stretched his hand to take one of unripe ones.
I told him, “That banana is unripe; it’s not good for your stomach.”
He said, “The spotty ones are rotting, they are bad.”
Since the children did not have the habit of eating ripe fruit they
did not want to eat it. For this reason they are unaware of the superb
taste of ripe fruit. I told them that ripe bananas are more tasty and be-
neficial. He unwillingly took the brownish banana and ate it.

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 My Grandchildren Ayhan, Aydin and Ayla
I told him, “Now you can have your usual breakfast.” He ate is ce-
real and milk.
On the other hand, Ayhan, who was sitting on his chair suddenly
rose up and angrily rushed out of the garden door. A few minutes later
I also went out to the garden. Ayhan was sitting on the concrete step,
sulking with his head heavily resting on his hand. I sat beside him and
said, “Hey my namesake, mind if Ijoin you?” He moved towards his
side to clear a sitting space. I sat down and place my arm around his
shoulders, and stroke his head with my other hand, while pulling him
towards me to give him a tight hug, and spoke to him with the most
affectionate tone of voice I could muster, “Dear Ayhan, now I will tell
you why [asked you to first eat a banana. If you eat your usual breakfast
you will have an upset stomach. Then you cannot pass a good day with
me or your brother. But if you eat a banana first, then your stomach
will be at ease and we will have a nice day together. Bananas have a first
place among the world’s most nutritious foods. Do you know how

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much I love you? I love you more than anything in the world. You are
my grandchildren. IfI did not love you, I would be indifferent on how
you passed the day, and say, ‘I couldn’t care less what you do with yo-
urself.’ I know that at the end of the day you will see that I am right,
and give me credit. You are not forced to eat the banana. Just wait until
you want to eat it. Don’t rush yourself. When you are really hungry
you will be surprised how good ripe bananas taste.”
I conveyed my love like a vibrantly gushing stream with the way I
talked, my behavior and body language. I asked, “Do you understand
what I am telling you, dear Ayhan?”
He lowered his hands and shook his head three times. Then he
got up. He took my hand and said, “Let’s go in.” We entered the
house, and I said, “Come on let’s play whatever game you like. We
played with his toy car for half an hour. Then he said, “Grandpa, now
I’m going to eat my banana.” We went downstairs. He ate his banana
with appetite. I told him that now he could have his breakfast. The
banana was so large that he said, “I had enough to eat.”
A clear narrow brook flows near my son’s house. It is surrounded
by woods. Occasionally we walk together along the brook. About 10
or 15 minutes later, they came to me and said, “Grandpa! Let’s have a
walk up the brook.” I replied, “Alright, whenever you want.” They
said, “Let’s go now.” I placed two ripe pears, two large and ripe plums,
and two large apples in a bag and we set off.
This walk which normally takes half an hour took us two hours.
We played various games at the brook side. They skipped pebbles over
the water. They invited me to the pebble throwing contest. They pre-
tended to catch fish with sticks instead of fishing rods. Now and then
they said they were hungry, and I first gave them the ripe pears, then
the plums and finally the apples. They had the habit of eating some
of the fruit and throwing away the rest. I told them, “If you leave more
than you eat, then give the remainders to me and I will eat them.” I

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told them that it was not right to throw them away. I watch them from
a distance play without fighting and shouting. It made me happy to
see them enjoying themselves. I silently watched them only interfe-
ring when they threatened to harm themselves or nature. We had no
idea how two hours passed so quickly. We returned at one o’clock.
They played inside and in the backyard without creating any trouble.
Towards three o’clock their mothers came back from school. She pre-
pared a meal. They sat down and ate without being choosey, and with
no bickering or shouting. After lunch they helped their mother out
and continued to play.
At seven o’clock my son Erol came home. Dinner also passed che-
erfully without any issue. During diner I asked Aydin if he would like
to come with me to Turkey. He replied that he wouldn’t. I then asked
Ayhan. He sprang from his chair with enthusiasm and said, “PLL GO!”
Just think dear reader. My grandson, my seven year old namesake,
who earlier in the day rushed outside in a fit of rage and anger towards
me, was now prepared to leave his brother, mother and father and to
accompany his grandfather to Turkey.
This incident is a miracle of correct diet. Ayhan learned two im-
portant lessons. He saw and understood that I used my authority for
his own good. He saw that what I told him the morning was true and
that he was happy and content throughout the day.
Secondly he saw and experienced true affection. Now in 2010, he
is ten years old. In his ten years oflife I told him that I loved him only
once. I repeat ONLY ONCE. The happiness he had for one day from
a correct diet was so deep, so meaningful, so real he was happy to de-
part from his mother and father, who had told him that they love him
perhaps hundreds of times. There are two basic rules for correct child
training. The first is authority based on correct principles. The second
is true affection. If these two are brought together, then child rearing
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can exist without the other. Without proper authority you can estab-
lish bonds of affection, and without real affection you cannot establish
authority.
When Aydin was asked if he would come to turkey he said no, be-
cause he experienced his grandfather’s authority but not his love. He
did not distinguish it in the same way that Ayhan did. Perhaps if I had
taken Aydin with me when I had a talk with Ayhan, he might have
said I will come too. My purpose in relating this incident is to show
the effects of correct eating habits on children, and to give a good
example of how authority and love work together in getting good re-
sults in child training.
In the summer of 2010, when my son Erol and his family came to
on visit for two weeks, when I asked Aydin, “Would you come with
me if I picked you up in summer?” he replied, “No!” But even though
three years had passed, Ayhan still responded, “Yes!” It made me happy
to see that even after three years, the extraordinary effects of one day
of a correct diet, proper authority and real affection can still last.
Now and then, we can give such harmful junk foods as chocolates,
gaseous beverages, and cookies in small quantities to children after
meals. To completely prohibit them would not be the right thing to
do, it would merely add to their allure. Children, who say they are
hungry between meals and especially just before meals, should be
given ripe fruit, and no other food. Ripe fruit does not sate the appe-
tite. Unripe fruit and junk food will upset the child’s stomach and sate
the appetite. It will cause an issue at the dinner table. If you give coo-
kies to a child who says he’s hungry 20 to 25 minutes before a meal,
then you will have trouble during the meal.
I would like to make this clear, force feeding of children is the
worst thing you can do to them. People who do this should be forced
to eat when they are not hungry as a punishment, only then can they
understand the extent of their offense.

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 Dear reader let me say that what I am writing about is based on
correct information and practices that I have gained in a long lifetime.
From this perspective the need for documentation is indispensable.
For this reason I am asking you to try it out for yourself. Even if you
find it difficult to believe in what I say, just put into practice what I
tell you about children’s eating habits and education for a few months.
If you are not satisfied with the results you can go back to the previous
dietary method. You will only have lost a few months. However, if
you find the results satisfactory,you will be overjoyed to have your
children, and to be with them for a lifetime.
There is another danger for children who are choosey with their
food: THE DANGER OF AN UNBALANCED DIET. Such child-
ren as these being subject to malnutrition will not get their daily re-
quirements of minerals and vitamins. As a result this will make them
susceptible to physical and psychological disorders. Among such un-
favorable disorders is shortness, kyphosis (hunchback), wearing glas-
ses due to early age eye disorders, depression, maladjustment with
locality, friends and school, failure in work, and organ and bone de-
velopment disorders. Children with malnutrition will know nothing
about these disorders and conditions, but their parents or guardians .
may know them. Parents who are uninformed about these disorders
may unknowingly harm their children. Those who knowingly feed
their children wrongly are committing a crime against their child. Be-
cause of this, one of the most important responsibilities of parents is
to prevent such disorders by taken precautions beforehand. To feed
our children as we wish is our natural right. This does not mean that
we have the right to commit a crime against our children. Do not
harm your children by giving way to baseless fears and false senses of
parenthood. If we are subjugated to needless and unfounded fears and
approaches we will only satisfy ourselves. But we will not satisfy our
child’s need for a balanced diet rich in nutrition.

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FORCE FEEDING AND OTHER MISTAKES

Parents, who think their children have not had enough to eat, are alar- }
med and panic to such an extent that they resort to force feeding
among other big mistakes. These can be placed into two groups, |
THREATS and BRIBES.
Threats: If you don’t eat you won’t grow. If you don’t eat you'll get |
sick. If you don’t eat you can’t go to school. If you don’t eat the doctor |
will give you a shot. If you don’t eat I won’t love you. If you don’t eat |
I will not allow you to see your friends. If you don’t eat I will tell your 1
father when he comes. You cannot leave the table until you eat. Ifyou _
don’t eat your food will cry after you. If you love me eat for my sake. |
If you don’t eat I won’t give you chocolates and ice cream.
Bribes: If you eat I will love you. If you eat I will give you choco-
lates and ice cream. If you eat I will give you five dollars. If you eat I
will take you to the playground. If you eat I will get you the toys you
want. If you eat I will allow you to play with your friends. If you eat
you can watch as much television as you want. If you eat you play with
the computer... etc.
These are the threats and bribes I can think of. There may be other _
methods that I can’t recall. There is also the expression “good job!”
usually told to children after they eat. It is extremely wrong to use this
expression. “Good job” should be told to children when they have
success with something. For example when they complete an assign-
ment, when they assist their parents, when they get good notes for
their homework, when they assist in cleaning and tidiness, when they —
pass their grade, or when they get good notes in school, etc.
Whereas, finishing a meal is a normal activity and not an accom-—
plishment. Eating food is not something to be congratulated. It is a
pleasant activity that nature bestowed us with for our survival. Just as
we do not congratulate a child for defecating, saying congratulating

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to a child for eating is improper. But you can congratulate in order to
encourage a child to keep the toilet clean, keep the dinner table tidy
when eating, and assist in setting up and cleaning up the table.

HYPERACTIVITY IN CHILDREN IN RELATION

TO DIET

I am fond of referring to children’s diet and education, because they

are our future. If they grow up to be physically and mentally healthy,
we have good reason to view our future in a positive way.
In recent years there has been an increase in the number of hype-
ractive children. Doctors are spending a great amount of effort to solve
this problem. My belief is that wrong eating habits are at the root of —
this problem. When you allow children to select their food, they will
eat foods that they like. The foods that children like are usually of low
nutritional value and high in calories. If they are not in the habit of
eating vegetables, salads, and fruits, they will eat spaghetti, rice, meat,
chicken, fish, cheese, bread, pastries, greasy food, salty food, and es-
pecially desserts made of refined white sugar. Children cannot obtain
the required nutrition with this type of diet. On the other hand, they
will consume very high amounts of calories that are more than requi-
red. The body will try to burn these extra calories by promoting acti-
vity. In addition to trying to relieve himself of excess calories through
more activity, when an upset stomach caused by wrong eating habits
is added, the child will be irritable. This activity is not confined by the
child’s restraint. The activity of a child who has normal eating habits
is moderately controlled. He is not a source of nuisance and irritation
to those in his vicinity. But hyperactivity resulting from wrong eating
habits becomes unbearable to all nearby. As this condition develops
loses the abilities of concentration, completing a task, and of adjusting.
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other places. To be with such children is torture for parents. For the
teacher the child becomes difficult to educate. Parents receive many
complaints from others concerning such children.
It is not right to try to cure hyperactivity with medical drugs. The
child may calm down, but in the long term, the drugs may upset the
natural balance of the body and lead to mental and physical disorders.
The thing to do is decrease the consumption of foods that cause
the disorder through a healthy balanced diet. When nutritional foods
are taken in a balanced manner along with high calorie foods, then
hyperactivity will go away.

WHAT KIND OF WATER SHOULD WE DRINK?

There are a number of ideas and recommendations relating to the ans-

wer to this question. My belief is that the best water is distilled water.
There are views in favor and against distilled water. I have been drin-
king distilled water for five years. I brought a 4 liters capacity water
distiller from overseas. I place water from the tap into the distiller and
obtain distilled water. A residue of lime and excess substances is left
at the bottom.
Some physicians and nutritionists claim that water should contain
minerals that the body needs these minerals. Our body can only be-
nefit from organic minerals. The minerals in water are inorganic.
Plants draw inorganic minerals from the ground and convert them to
organic minerals. Animals and humans (man is essentially a kind of
animal) can benefit from these minerals by eating plants. Minerals in
the earth and in rocks exist in different ratios than in animals.
We do not nourish ourselves by eating earth and stones. It would
kill us. For instance we cannot use such minerals as iron, lead, phosp-
horus, carbon, potassium, etc. in inorganic form. We obtain organic
iron from plants, but we cannot obtain it by licking a rusted object.

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 Since the body cannot benefit from minerals if they are inorganic, then
it cannot benefit from the minerals in water. It will try to eliminate
them. The minerals in water are the inorganic minerals obtained from
the earth. Therefore we cannot benefit from the inorganic minerals in
the alleged therapeutic waters at spas. It may be beneficial to enter the
_ hot springs at spas. But drinking the spa water is of no benefit.
The basic task of water is to carry the nutrients that enter the body
to the cells and carry the waste material excreted from the cells to the
organs of elimination. The purer the water the easier this task will be
fulfilled. The more inorganic matter is saturated with the more diffi-
cult this task will be.
I slowly drink the distilled water in the morning with a tablespo-
onful of lemon, while exercising. During one hour of exercise on the
indoor rower, I take one sip after every fiftieth row. While drinking
throughout the day, whenever it occurs to me, I always add a few
drops of lemon. Lemon seems sour and acidic, but in fact as soon as
it enters the body it helps the transformation of the blood from acid
to base (alkali) thus assisting the acid- base (acid-alkali) balance. The
more acidic the blood is the more it is susceptible to disease. For this
reason, the uric acid level in the blood being high in blood tests is a
indication of a high consumption of animal products. Illness causing
foods upset the acid-base balance in the blood. In order to redress this
condition, it is necessary to reduce the consumption of animal pro-
ducts and increase the consumption of vegetable products.

HOW MUCH WATER SHOULD WE DRINK IN A DAY?

It is generally recommended to drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day. I

don’t believe that such a definite recommendation for everyone is
right, because a person’s water requirement can change according to
various factors. Our requirement can increase or decrease according

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to the type of food we eat, the intensity of our activities, climate con-
ditions. Whereas in some situations 2 or 3 glasses may be sufficient,
in others even 8 to 10 may not be enough.
For example, if you eat lots of salads, vegetables and fruits and little
animal products, pastries, salty and sugared foods 3 to 4 glasses a day
is enough. Because in such a situation you obtain most of the water
you require from the distilled water in salads, vegetables and fruits. If
you do the opposite then your water requirement may exceed ten de-
pending on the food you eat.
If we eat correctly then we require less water. If we drink up to 8
to 10 glasses of water a day, even though you eat correctly, then you
will discharge excessive urine. This will cause your kidneys to work
unnecessarily. It is not right to drink water while you eat. Drinking
water half an hour before a meal will both prevent excessive eating
and protect the body from dehydrating. It will also ease digestion.
3 to 5 glasses of water a day are sufficient for me, because ninety
percent of what I eat is vegetable juices, salads and fruits, which have
high ratios of pure water in them. Other than the one and a half glasses
of water I slowly drink in the morning, I use a juicer to make and
drink a glass of mixed vegetable juice which I combine with some dis-
tilled water. If there is no vegetable juice, I eat fruits. My breakfast
consists of vegetable juice or fruits.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ACID-BASE

BALANCE IN THE BLOOD

The acid- base range of the body is measured between 1 to 14. The
ideal acid-base balance is in the vicinity of 7.4 (7.365). A value less
then this would result in an increase in acidity of the blood. A higher
value means an increase of base (alkali). If lots of animal products are
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the blood will be loaded with acid. This condition is dangerous for
health. If the value descends even lower then even death may result.
The body can avert this danger by taking calcium. If you do not con-
sume calcium containing vegetables then in order to restore acid-base
balance the body will extract calcium from the available sources, ma-
inly the bones. In this situation the calcium in the bones will decrease
and osteoporosis (bone deterioration) begins. The bones will then
brake easily. This condition is especially leads to significant osteopo-
rosis after child birth and menopause. But both during pregnancy and
menopause if the correct diet is followed there will be no osteoporosis.
The best source of calcium and iron is green leafed vegetables and sa-
lads. In these periods lots of juices extracted from green vegetables
and fruits should be consumed. If animal products and starchy foods
are reduced there will be no osteoporosis.
Patients who complain of osteoporosis usually try to improve their
condition by taking calcium and iron pills or tablets. The body does
not use calcium and iron that enters the body in tablet form. In such
cases milk and milk products are often advised because of their cal-
cium content. People believe that they will get well with this method.
However, they often lose hope when they see that after years of use
no improvement is osteoporosis is experienced. They think it’s a con-
sequence of age. However, this condition can improve and osteopo-
rosis can stop in 3 to 5 months time with a correct and determined
change of diet.
When vegetables are eaten especially when they are raw, the acid—
base balance shifts towards base, whereas animal products shift the
balance towards acid. A high acid load in the blood is the root cause
of illness.
THE JUICES OF GREEN VEGETABLES AND SALADS IS
THE CLOSEST LIQUID TO HUMAN BLOOD. WHEN YOU
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ENERGY. GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES HAVE CHLOROFILL.
CHLOROFILL IS STORED SOLAR ENERGY. THEREFORE,
THE JUICE OF GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES IS LIKE NATU-
RE’S BLOOD-TRANFUSION. YOU SHOULD TAKE PLENTY
OF THIS TRANSFUSION.
Chlorofill is also very valuable for plants. In autumn the leaves on
trees become yellowish before they fall off. This is because the tree
withdraws the chlorofill into its trunk for use in winter. Chlorofill is
the blood of green leafy vegetables. When the fallen leaves eventually
become fertilizers, their organic minerals return to the trees in the
following year.

HIGH URIC ACID LEVEL CONDITION

I SUFFERED AT AGE 55

At the age of 55, while taking a bicycle ride I suddenly had a backache.
I could not step on the pedals. I pushed it back to the house with dif-
ficulty. In previous years I occasionally had mild cases of backache. It
used to pass away after I had a rest. Now it lingered on, even though
I was in bed for twenty days. I was bedridden and could hardly get up.
I had intense pain when I moved. When I couldn’t even go to the
bathroom, my wife took me to the hospital with an ambulance.
In the hospital I had a blood test. Other than URIC ACID all levels
were normal. The doctor said that all levels were normal. When I saw
that the uric acid level was higher than normal, I asked the doctor
about the condition. He said, “The uric acid level is not abnormally
high, so it is not important.” This backache condition would continue
occasionally in the years that followed. ,
After I was 68 years of age, when I started reading books on correct
health diets, I learned about the dangers of decreasing pH (acid-base)
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amounts, and how dangerous the high level URIC ACID (Hyperu-
ricemia) I had thirteen years ago. I only then understood why my back
did not improve even though I rested. After I changed my eating ha-
bits, I have not had any complaint in my back for ten years. Even if I
have a slight ache when I lift something heavy, the next day it goes
away by itself without the need for rest.
Worsening of the ACID-BASE balance can cause such complaints
as allergies, mucus increase, earaches, need for throat clearing, coughs,
asthma, bronchitis, flues, skin complaints and fungus on the nails. In
children it can cause tonsillitis, lack of concentration, intestinal com-
plaints, constipation, diarrhea, sudden death, hyperactivity, aggressive
behavior, behavior disorders, lack of self-confidence, and learning dif-
ficulties.

THE ROLE OF SWEET FRUITS ACID-BASE

BALANCE

I mentioned that the root cause of illness is blood with a higher than
normal load of acid. High uric acid levels can be a decisive factor for
understanding this imbalance. Therefore, if uric acid is higher than
normal in our blood values, we can organize our diet after studying
the pH values of NUTRIENTS. In the table below, foods that are
shown with + (plus) cause BASE (alkali), and foods that are shown
with — (minus) cause ACID. If the uric acid level in the blood is high
food marked with + should be consumed more often, and food that
is marked — should be consumed less. From this perspective sweet
fruits should not be consumed more. All sweet fruits have high nut-
ritional values. But if they are consumed excessively and continuously,
then their natural sugar content taken in excessive amounts can in-
crease the acidity in the tissues and blood, especially if taken with
meals this effect will increase. Digestion will slow down toxic subs-

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 pH VALUES FOR VARIUOS FOODS
Below you will find the acid (-) and base (+) values of some foods.
BAZ ASIT
Peas Pineapple
Celery Orange
Green Cabbage Ripe Banana
Lettuce Pear
Onion Wheat
Cauliflower Walnut
White Cabbage Pumpkin Seeds
Green Peas Sunflower Seeds
Squash Hazelnut
Red Cabbage Linseed
Leek Sunflower Oil
Spinach Brown Rice
Turnip Fish (Freshwater)
Carrot Apricot
Lemon Tangerine
Green Beans Grapes
Beetroot Strawberry
Garlic Plum
Soy Sprouts Dates
Sesame Melon
Cumin Fig
Almonds Grapefruit
Olive Oil Watermelon
Tomato Coconut
Avocado White Bread
Radishes Peanuts
Paprika Margarine
Cucumber Corn Oil
Black Radishes Butter
Lentil Refined White Sugar
Haricot Beans Honey
Vinegar
Soya Sauce
Mayonnaise
Mustard
Ketchup
liqueur
Sweetened Fruit Juice
Black Tea
Beer
Coffee
Wine
Natural Fruit Juice
tances causing putrefaction and stench in the digestive track will result.
Excessive acid in the intestines passing to the blood results in the blo-
od’s pH level shifting to acidity. This may result in excessive urine
discharges.
If we examine the following table, we will see that even though
lemon has an acidic taste, it is in fact has a BASE (alkali) effect when
it enters the body. On the other hand, nearly all sweet fruits are foods
that produce acidity in the body. From this standpoint, when consu-
med as a meal, in other word on an empty stomach, and in the event
of high blood sugar it should be taken sparingly. Depending on your
state of health, this table can be useful indicator. However, this does
not mean that consuming lots of fruits leads to diabetes in every con-
dition. Diabetes is a result of many different aspects of wrong diet.
The fundamental reason is to eat illness causing foods in excessive
amounts, and excessive eating generally.
As we can see from the above table, vinegar is a liquid with a high
pH value such as (minus) -39.4. Therefore, is wrong to assume that
to pour vinegar on salads instead of lemon is the same thing. The best
option is to prefer lemon where applicable. Since black tea has a value
of (minus) -27.1, green, rosemary, mint, cinnamon, or thyme tea and
other herbal teas is the healthier choice.

THE ROOT OF THE WORD HYGIENE

I will present to you some episodes in American Medical History.

Hygiene is word we often use today. It comes from an ancient Greek
word. It means health.
I will take you back two hundred years in American history. All the
way back to the 1800’s all physicians were called M.D.’s (Medical Doc-
tors). In addition to treating disease with drugs they administered le-
eches or cuts for bleeding as a curative method. Opening the window

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 These physicians are listed below:

Dr. Isaac Jennings MD. Dr. Sylvester Graham Dr. A. Alcoot MD.

scab a E

Dr. as Nichols MD.

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Dr. Jhon H. Tilden MD. Dr. R. T. Trall MD. Dr. Harriet N. Austin MD.
 Dr. Susanna W. Dodds MD. Dr. Joel Shew MD. Dr. Mary Gove Nicchols MD.

Dr. Austin Shaw MD. Prof. Dr. Arnold Ehret Charles E. Page MD.

in the room and drinking water was disallowed for patients with fever.
Many patients would beg for water but they were rejected. Some
would die ofthirst. After the 1800’s by coincidence, some doctors saw
that patients who refused this treatment recovered more rapidly. As
they had lost their appetite they would not eat, but drink water.
The above mentioned physicians gradually dropped resorting to
treatment with drugs, and started to treat patients with fasting and die-
tary methods. They called this method NATURAL HYGIENE.
These physicians and their followers were called HYGIENISTS. After

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the 1850’s there was a struggle between the hygienists and druggists.
The hygienists established hospitals just like the druggists. But an
event in 1875 resulted in the supremacy of the druggists.
Those physicians who defended drugs united, they persuaded na-
tional representatives to place an article in the constitution. At the head
of these, a New York physician Dr. Smith managed to win over a law
that stipulated that the administration of American medical schools
would be under a medical organization connected to the Federal Go-
vernment, and that all those that teach the administering of drugs in
these schools and their graduates shall be called MD (Medical Doc-
tors), and that those graduating from all other health educational ins-
titutions will not be allowed to bear the MD title, nor to examine
patients. This law caused the persecution of hygienists and their even-
tual demise. Those who examined patients were arrested. In this way,
medical education in America and Europe was gradually dominated
by surgery and drug treatment. This domination continues in our co-
untry. Today the word “hygiene” has lost its original meaning and be-
come synonymous with cleanliness. There are no lessons or textbooks
in the curriculum of medical schools that cover the subject of thera-
peutic applications of fasting and natural hygiene for the treatment of
patients. For this reason, nearly all physicians in the Western hemisp-
here lack sufficient knowledge on the subject. In 1802, as a young doc-
tor the founder of Natural Hygiene, Dr. Isaac Jennings abandoned the
use of drugs that he was previously administering. He experimented
with the effects of PLACEBO pills that he had made from sugar and
dough (placebos are ineffective pills that are given to patients, who are
told that it will cure them). While giving these pills, in order to make
them effective, he would advise the patients to make major changes
in their lifestyle, for example, not to eat when they are not hungry,
drinking lots of water, fresh air, light exercises, walks, resting when
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 With this method, patients showed such remarkable success in re-
covery that Dr. Jennings’ fame spread all over the USA. Patients came
from far and near.
For 20 years he did not reveal that the pills and tonics he adminis-
tered to patients were placebo. After 20 years, he disclosed his secret.
Many patients thanked him. However, some patients claimed that
they were swindled and litigated for compensation. On the other
hand, his fellow physicians accused him of fraud and deceiving his
patients.
The greatest hygienist of the 20ieth century, Herbert M. Shelton
revived the natural hygiene movement in the 1920’s. In his 650 page
book “Natural Hygiene - The Pristine Way of Life” published in 1968,
he explained the natural hygiene movement and its applications in de-
tail.
Dr. Herbert M. Shelton wrote 35 books throughout his life. He
never asked for or accepted copyrights for any of his books. For 40
years he published The Natural Health Journal. He treated more than
30 thousand patients at the health center he established, known as The

Dr. Herbert M. Shelton

 Some examples of Natural Hygiene Homes opened by physicians pioneering Natural
Health in the United States of America:

The Western Hygeian Home

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Hydropathic Institution
Joel Shew MD.
Health School. He founded the American Natural Hygiene Society
with a group of associates, and ruled as its president for a long time.
Today, there are many physicians who follow the trail he opened, |
but as far as I know, there is no hygienist in Turkey yet.

IS THERE NEED FOR TABLE SALT?

The majority of physicians will answer “YES”, I will answer “NO” to |

this question.
Those who defend salt support their views with various arguments,
such as:salt aids digestion by enhancing the flavor of food and boosting
appetite;salt is one of the fundamental substances for living organisms;
since our blood has salt we must consume it. If we subscribe to this
argument we should consume powdered iron or phosphorus because
we have it in our body or inorganic iodine because we have it in our
thyroid gland. As I mentioned before in the section on water, the body
does not use any inorganic mineral desolved in water. It completely
eliminates inorganic minerals from the body. Because table salt is an
inorganic mineral, it is immediately identified as a toxin and discharged
as soon as possible. If more salt is consumed than the body can elimi-
nate, then the salt will accumulate in various parts of the body. Because
of the effects of gravity the feet are the main areas where this accumu-
lation will occur. The body tries to discharge excess salt with water.
When the salty water starts to collect in the feet, it creates edema (swel-
ling, dropsy). This is one of the main causes of high blood pressure.
There are people in certain areas of the world who never consume salt.
Before they met the white men, the American Indians never ate salt.
Writing in the Journalin 1862, Dr. D.H. Maxson, wrote of salt ea-
ting, “In 1809 William Bryant went beyond the Rocky Mountains
with his 120 men and lived among the American Indians for 2 years.
They soon learned to relish their food without salt. When they started

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their journey, most of the 120 men had vairous health complaints and
some had chronic ailments. They were all restored to health, and be-
came, like the Indians among whom they dwelt, remarkably robust
and active. “
The Natural Diet of Man by John Harvey Kellogg, MD (1919):
“Mr. William Bryant, a respectable merchant of Philadelphia, went in
the year 1809, with a company of 120 men, under the United States
Government, beyond the Rocky Mountains, to conduct to their far
western homes the Indian Chiefs who were brought to the seat of go-
vernment by Lewis and Clark. Mr. Bryant states that the company
carried their provision of food, tobacco and spirits with them, until
they had exhausted them in the western wilds, where they were far
from the reach of any supplies. From that time during the time of two
years among the Indians, the company subsided entirely as the Indians
did, on the flesh of buffalo and other game, and such esculent fruits
and roots as the forest provided and water. They had no water or nar-
cotic substance, nor any other pure stimulant to use; not even salt with
their fresh meat, which at first they burnt a little to destroy its fresh
and natural taste, but they soon learnt to relish their flesh-meat, wit-
hout salt, even when slightly cooked. Most of the men in the company
were, when they left the United States, more or less disordered in
their health and afflicted with chronic ailments. They were all restored
to health and became like the Indians among whom they dwelt, re-
markably robust and active.”
Some natives of the pacific islands never eat salt, and their health
is better than those that do. For the past eight years I have never pou-
red salt on my food. Now food without salt seems tastier to me than
salty food. I dislike salty food.
In November 8, 1963, a man in India drank 100 grams of salted
water to win a bet for 2.5 kilos (5 pounds) of dates. He drank the salt
water and developed a severe diarrhea and became unconscious. He

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 was treated medically, but died, either from salt-poisoning or from
drug-poisoning or from both combined. Those who claim that salt is
necessary for human health will say, “he died because he took salt in
excessive amount.” But this argument does not prove the claim that a
small amount of salt is beneficial. Salt is a poison. When taken in small
amounts the body will eliminate it from the body. If it cannot disc-
harge it, it will deposit it in various areas of the body to keep it away
from the bloodstream. But in the long term the accumulated salt will
“mainly create high blood pressure among other ailments.
Table salt will spoil the natural taste of food and diminish the plea-
sure derived from it. Organic salt exists in plants. All vegetables and
fruits contain organic salt in varying quantities, and this is sufficient
for us.

SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS, HORMONES,

INSECTICIDES

Antalya, December 10, 2010

Today synthetic fertilizers, hormones and insecticides are blamed as
the cause for the increasing number of illnesses by a lot of people. The
importance of organic farming is steadily rising. As the demand for
organic food increases, efforts to meet this demand also increases. The
argument against nonorganic food is also on the rise. Today this fear
is widespread. In my opinion this concern is greatly exaggerated. The
psychological damage created by this concern is more than the damage
from these foods. Since mankind entered the age of petrol, technology
has made great advances. We obtain so many products from petroleum
that we are unaware of most of them. Every day new products from
petroleum are added to those we use on a daily basis, and to our foods.
Their raw materials have 25 million years behind them as subterra-
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 their excessive and wasteful exploitation. Despite the undeniable be-
neficial developments this provides us with, it also result in much da-
mage that is difficult to reverse.
Is it possible to stop or reverse this trend? If people are willing to
sacrifice the conveniences provided to their lifestyles by technology
then it is possible. Can we reduce the energy we use today by ninety
percent? To accomplish this we will not use our cars and use public
transportation. We will not buy new clothes, we will use our old ones
until they tear and wear out. We will use less electricity and change to
low power light bulbs, and not use the light switch unless absolutely
necessary. We will eat less. We will not throw away even the smallest
amount of food. We will use bicycles instead of cars. We will live in
smaller houses. We will travel less. It is possible to expand this list in-
definitely.
Are people today capable of such thriftiness and sacrifice? This is
the crux of the matter. History has shown with abundant examples
that human nature and psychology does not engage m such sacrifices.
People do not give up what they have. Science tells us that the only
way to save the world and mankind is through this way. Otherwise,
the situation will worsen irreversibly. Despite this, seven billion pe-
ople throughout the world do the exact opposite. The longing for a
more comfortable and affluent life has taken hold of mankind. In such
circumstances, in order to provide nourishment for an increasing po-
pulation, the use of synthetic fertilizers, hormones and insecticides
becomes necessary. The insufficient energy resources of today are
supplemented with the energy resources accumulated in 25 million
years. If the population continues to grow at this rate no other solution
seems possible. Furthermore, the ecology of the world is not the same
as it was a hundred years ago. We cannot obtain healthy crops without
using these substances. I tried organic farming with tomatoes in my
backyard. It didn’t work; it was beset with insects and plant disease.

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So I gave up.
So under the present circumstances we have to eat foods that con-
tain these substances. Moreover, these substances do not have as sig-
nificant a role as we imagine in the increase of disease. There is a
certain amount of poison in all plants that they use as a means of self-
defense. Human beings and animals have been eating these plants for
thousands of years, and have learned which are deadly and which are
beneficial through experience. The body has learned to accept non-
lethal poisons in plants, and has developed tolerance towards them. It
has adapted to these new poisons. This adaptability of our body per-
sists today. Even if small amount of these substances enter plants, the
plants render them less harmful. In my opinion, their disease creating
effects are of minor consequence, and hardly worthy of great concern.
So I say concern yourselves with correct diet, and don’t worry over
these substances more than they warrant. When we eat correctly and
fast the immune system becomes so strong that it can easily eliminate
these substances. However, when we eat wrongly and excessively, eli-
minating these substances becomes more difficult because our im-
mune system is weakened. Therefore these substances are not the
major causes of our ailments. The main cause is wrong lifestyle and
especially wrong diet. So you should eat more of health creating nut-
ritious food and less of disease causing ones, and not take exaggerated
views on the subject seriously. If you become convinced that these
are the cause of disease, then because of the ensuing stress and fear,
you may become more susceptible to psychological and physical ill-
ness. We may lose the joy of life through confusion on what to eat.
What you should do is to get nourishment from correct nutrients and
enjoy life. Since you cannot go back a hundred years and reverse cir-
cumstances, it is best to adapt to circumstances, and to avoid overs-
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OSTEOPOROSIS

Antalya, December 6, 2010

Since Taurus Mountains treks I had with my fellow TODOSK mem-
bers took up to 5 to 6 hours, we have plenty of time to talk. In these
talks I noticed that the major complaint of middle age women was
bone deterioration (osteoporosis). When I asked them what they
would do to remedy this condition, they would usually all give the
same answer. They would say that they take the calcium tablets that
their doctors gave them, and consume cheese and yogurt that have
plenty of calcium. I would then ask them, “How long have you follo-
wed this treatment?” and some of them would answer three, four or
five years.
I would ask, “Alright, has your osteoporosis ended during this
time?”
They would say, “No it hasn’t, but I continue the diet so the con-
dition does not worsen.”
I would respond, “I know a dietary method that will end osteopo-
rosis in 3 to 5 months. If you wish I can explain it. Those who have
tried it always get positive results.”
Now I will tell you what this easy and valid method is. Women are
especially under risk of osteoporosis during pregnancy and meno-
pause. This is because, during pregnancy, babies obtain their calcium
requirements from their mother. If the mother’s diet in this period is
proper, then the body supplies the excess calcium required by the
baby..Estrogen (female hormone) is an important hormone that pre-
vents bone deterioration. The production of this hormone diminishes
along with menopause. So women become more susceptible to os-
teoporosis with the reduction of this hormone.
Calcium tablets and the consumption of plenty of dairy products
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the body cannot use the calcium in tablets and dairy products. The
calcium in tablets and pills is inorganic calcium. Therefore it is disc-
harged without being used. If itis not discharge then it will collect in
various parts of the body and create calcification. Milk and dairy pro-
ducts not only fail to increase the calcium in the bones, they have a
reverse effect. As I mentioned previously, these foods upset the acid-
base balance of the body and increase the acidity of the blood. As pre-
viously mentioned the increase of acidity in the blood is very
dangerous. The blood is in need of calcium in order to prevent this
danger. But since the calcium from milk is discharged without being
used, the body sees the bones as a source of calcium to restore the
acid-base imbalance. So the calcium in the bones is extracted and en-
ters the bloodstream. During this process the bones in which calcium
is extracted weakens. They lose their hardness. They become soft and
porous, thus they break easily. Bones broken during falls mend with
difficulty. In such cases bones can break even when standing upright.
So what is the proper diet to prevent osteoporosis and bones from
breaking? Calcium is a mineral. Like all other minerals the body is in
need of organic minerals that are found in plants. Green leafy vege-
tables are especially rich in calcium. Primarily green leafy vegetables
and salads, all fruits, nuts, dried fruits and specially dried figs have cal-
cium in various degrees. Dried lentil is especially calcium rich.
For the past five or six years I have been using a juicer to extract
the juice of green leafy vegetables and salads (such as spinach, lettuce,
beet leaves) and other vegetables (red and white cabbage, beetroot,
green squash, cucumber, raw potatoes and carrots) and drinking a
glass every morning instead of breakfast. One glass of vegetable juice
keeps one satiated until lunch, because it is rich in nutrients. The amo-
unt of carrots can be adjusted according to taste. The main vegetable
in vegetable juices should be CARROTS.

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 Dr. Erdem Memetoglu
I met Erdem Memetoglu, on one of my Taurus Mountains treks.
He was a medical student at the time, since then he graduated from
the Akdeniz (Mediterranean) University School of Medicine to be-
come a cardiovascular surgery specialist at the age of 30 and went to
Giimiishane to complete his residency. He now performs heart sur-
gery there. Our friendship is 5 to 6 year old. He is among one the yo-
uths I have known who are perfect in every way. I love him like a son.
He is a very cultivated exceptional young man, open to new and dif-
ferent information, views and ideas, and trying them out.
When Erdem saw a bottle of vegetable juice in my hand in one of
our walks, he asked, “What’s that, brother Ayhan?” (Even though
there was 47 years between us, I liked the way he called me brother,
it made me feel young again, like him.)
“Vegetable juice,” I replied.
“The juice of which vegetables?” he asked, and I told him.
“Can I try it?” he asked. He drank some of it.
“Why do you drink it?” he asked. I told him. After six months one
day he told me, “Brother Ayhan, Dr. Mehmet Oz made.and drank
spinach juice in a television show. He then explained its benefit.”
The fact that Dr. Mehmet Oz also drank vegetable juice increased
his interest in vegetable juice. I became someone more important in
his eyes. We had long talks on health. Because he knew English I gave
him books on health.
One day he asked me, “Brother Ayhan, I noticed you don’t con-
sume dairy products. I am curious about your calcium levels. It must
be low. Come to the medical faculty and let me measure your calcium
level.” I went to the faculty, and when my calcium level turned out to
be above 10, he replied, “How can this be? This contradicts what we
have been taught. According to what we have been taught your cal-
cium levels should be low because you do not consume dairy prod-

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Tekirova - Phasilis — Alacasu trek along with Dr. Erdem Memetoglu and others...

ucts, whereas yours is higher than mine.”

“It is a result of eating green leafy vegetables,” I replied. He was so
impressed with my knowledge of diet, that for the past four years he
has been saying, “Brother Ayhan, you have to write a book so that
your knowledge and experience can be passed on to others. If you
would permit I would like to write the introduction.”
He greeted me and my wife for the holiday and as always encour-
aged me to write a book and gave me a long lecture on its necessity.
Up to that talk I had written 18 pages in one year, and then through
his encouragement I completed 27 the following month, so the pages
totaled 45 pages.
I said that I would publish the book when I was 80 years old. I still
have two years to go, and if Ikeep going at this pace, I may be able to
publish it earlier. Erdem says, “This book must be out for sale as soon
as possible.” Iam hoping all goes well! You don’t want to prevent bone
deterioration? Then every morning prepare for yourself vegetable
Juice made of green leafy vegetables and drink it on an empty stomach.
The juicers must be cleaned immediately afterwards, otherwise the
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 TODOSK treks: Ucevler, Caijlarca and Hacisekiler

You can extract enough vegetable juice to last for a few days, seal
it up in a glass jar and place it in the refrigerator. When pressing the
vegetable juice you can also add an apple now and then, it will taste
better.

A Case Experienced by My Sister

Antalya, December 7, 2010
I have a sister who is 13 years younger than I am. She had diabetes
for 20 years. She was a retired teacher from Gazi University. She lived
in Ankara, and in the spring of 2010 decided to move to Antalya. She
came to visit to buy a house, and stayed over for a month. We helped
her buy a house and she lives in her new house now.
One week after she moved in to our house, she said “Brother, I
have to take four insulin shots a day. I have had enough of these in-
jections. I’ll do anything to be free ofthis.” She used to climb up the
stairs to the guestroom with difficulty. She said that her feet seemed
very heavy. She was 20 kilos overweight. She said that she tried to lose
weight for 10 years, and did not manage to lose halfa kilo.
I asked, “Are you really prepared to try anything.”
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 From left to right Ayhan Eyikan, his sister Aysel Duman, his brother Ilhan and sister
Behiye Eyikan

“Then I have a suggestion for you. You will eat everything that I
eat, are you prepared for this?”
“I'll do it. 1am prepared,” she replied. I immediately started by gi-
ving Behiye, my sister the same food I prepared for myself. I also asked
her to read three books on the subject.
After one week her insulin injections had gone down to two a day.
She began to climb up the stairs without touching the railing. Her ap-
pearance had changed. She became cheerful and began to enjoy life.
The feeling of heaviness at her feet disappeared. Even though she ate
until she was full, she was losing weight, but her strength and energy
was increasing.
“Brother, how can this be? Though I am eating as much as I want,
I am losing weight. I feel much better. This is a miracle,” she said.
Three weeks later when she left us her insulin injections had gone
down to one a day. In three weeks, she had lost 6.5 kilos (12 lbs.). She
was overjoyed and hugged me full of thanks. When she left us I told

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 her that if she continued this diet, she would be freed of insulin, ac-
- quire her ideal weight and gain vitality. But when she settled in her
home, because she did not fully apply my diet program, she did not
stop using insulin and her weight lose stop. Despite this today she says
she feels much better than a year ago. Because some of her previous
eating habits had returned, she could not stop taking insulin. She
seems to have understood the importance of a correct health diet.
OLD HABITS DIE HARD, NO MATTER HOW WRONG AND
BAD THEY ARE. Even if you want to be free of them, it may take a
long time to do so. Therefore, we must be patient and continue on
what we know is right. Just as the body gets used to what is wrong, it
can get used what is right.

WHAT ARE PROTEINS?

Antalya, December 10, 2010

Proteins are the building stones of all living organisms. They are like
the foundations of houses. They are the most essential basic materials
for the growth and development of living organism. Therefore, all li-
ving organisms, including plants have protein. Plants obtain the pro-
teins they need from the soil. Animals and humans developed up the
ladder of evolution by eating plants. The second step in evolution was
when certain animals started eating other animals, because there was
not enough plant food available. These animals were able to survive
by devouring other weaker animals. They were called carnivores and
developed a set of unique physical features in adaptation, becoming
part of a separate group of species in the animal kingdom.
Carnivorous animals obtain the proteins they need from the pro-
teins of other animals they eat. But nearly all the animals they stalk
and eat are herbivorousanimals eating only plants. The proteins in
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cannot survive if they eat other carnivores. They will not be able to
meet their protein requirements, because instead of eating the pure
proteins in plants, they will be eating proteins that have been modified
and distorted twice. Because they have an instinctual awareness of this,
they will not eat other carnivores. They obtain their entire mineral,
vitamin and other nutrient requirements from other animals they eat.
But when they get sick they will try to compensate for some deficient
substances by eating certain grasses and herbs. We have all seen cats
and dogs, which are carnivores, eat grass when they feel sick.
Human beings were herbivorous at the beginning of their evolu-
tionary cycle. Our basic nourishment came from fruits, leaves, grasses
and seeds. However, we had to eat animals to survive when we got
hungry, but since our basic food source had been plants, we did not
go through the physical changes that carnivores went through in their
evolution. Our teeth, jaw, and digestive system remained the same as
other herbivorous mammals. Being a member of the large primates
family our teeth and digestive track, hands and feet did not resemble
those of carnivores. Today humans are basically herbivorous, but
through thousands of years of acquired eating habits, they eat animals.
Today this habit has cost us dearly. As our prosperity and life stan-
dards increase, so does the consumption of meat, which has proved
costly both in financial terms and in health. We have been caught in
the storm of mounting disease.

WHICH PROTEINS DO WE NEED?

As can be understood from the above disclosure, nearly all of us have

two sources for proteins. The first is the unadulterated pure proteins
we obtain from plants. The next one is from animal products that are
modified and distorted to a certain extent. Today when protein is
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 up to believe that proteins exist only in animal products. Since primary
school we have been taught that the best foods are animal products
(red meat, chicken, fish and their products, eggs, dairy products, etc.).
We were taught and conditioned to believe that proteins come from
these foods. We are afraid that if we do not eat animal products, we
will not get any proteins. This fear has become so entrenched in our
mindset that when I tell someone, “Meat has a primary position
among the main causes of disease,” ninety nine percent of the time
they would reply, “But where else can we get our proteins?”Because
_we do not know that plants have the best proteins. We are eating
wrongly due to wrong information.
What is this misinformation based on? At the beginning of the
twentieth century an experiment was conducted with test mice during
their stage of growth, where a group of mice were fed animal products
and another group was fed with vegetables. The mice that were fed
animal products developed faster. Then group that were fed with ve-
getables developed slower. More time was required for them to grow
to the size of the mice in the other group. Then researchers conduc-
ting the experiment reached the conclusion that animal products are
effective in growth and development. As I mentioned earlier, since
the basic building blocks of the body are proteins, the conviction that
this conclusion is right has persisted until today.
This experiment conducted with mice neglected and failed to no-
tice which group of mice lived longer. Later experiments demonstra-
ted the fact that test mice eating animal products had shorter life spans
and those that ate vegetables lived longer. But these findings were ig-
nored. Lobbies of large corporations in the animal products business
prevented the public from learning this fact. They spent huge sums
in advertisement and publishing test results that exalted the merits of
animal products. Using their financial power they have even compel-
led governments, especially in the USA. Humans who consume ani-

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mal products grow and develop faster, but have more illnesses later
in life, and tend to die before their time.

VEGETABLE PROTEINS ARE BETTER THAN

ANIMAL PROTEINS

In order for our body to utilize animal proteins, it needs to convert

them to AMINO ACIDS. This process of converting to amino acids
requires a large expenditure from the body’s bank account, the vital
force. On the other hand, amino acid, the fundamental component
of protein exists in plants. Our body utilizes these more easily and
quickly, and with less expenditure from the vital force. For this reason
we become lethargic and drowsy when we eat animal proteins. On
the other hand, when we consume vegetable proteins, we feel light
and have vitality because it enters our bloodstream more rapidly. A
single type of plant does not contain all the varieties of amino acids.
But if you eat a salad with a variety of vegetables, especially green leafy
vegetables and fruit salads you will get all the amino acids you need.
Our body keeps a pool of reserve amino acids. The body can
withdraw 75 grams of proteins from this depository. For this reason
even if we consume deficient amounts of proteins at certain days, we
will not have any lack of proteins.
Some people regard animal proteins as first class proteins, and veg-
etable proteins as second class proteins. Therefore they claim that veg-
etable proteins have to be complemented with animal proteins.
Whereas in reality, vegetable proteins are first class, and animal pro-
teins are second class. This is because, animal proteins are proteins
obtained from plants and processed in the animal’s body for its own
requirements. For this reason, when you eat meat, it is as if you are
actually eating processed food. To a certain extent they are modified
proteins and the body has to convert them to amino acids again.

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 Calorie Ratios in the Proteins of Some Base (Alkali) Vegetables
PROTEIN PROTEIN
VEGETABLES CALORIES LEGUMES CALORIES
Artichokes % 29 Chickpeas % 25
Asparagus % 25 Lentil % 30
Beet Leaves % 22 Beans O20
Broccoli % 49 Haricot Beans % 23
Brussels Sprouts % 49 Soya Beans % 34
Red Cabbage % 12 Tofu % 43
White Cabbage % 20
Cauliflower % 27 FRUITS
Celery % 10 Avocado % 22
Cucumber % 10 Grapefruit % 5
Eggplant % 12 Limon % 13
Garlic % 20 Tomato % 78
Leek % 22
Lettuce % 42 DRIED FRUITS/NUTS AND SEEDS
Curly Lettuce %13 Almonds % 19
Iceberg Lettuce % 27 Pumpkin Seeds % 29
Green Onions % 15 Sesame Seeds % 19
Parsley % 36 Sunflower Seeds % 24
Green Pepper % 12 Sunflower Sprouts % 33
Red Pepper % 14
Radishes % 10 GRAINS AND CEREALS
Spinach % 49 Wheat % 17
Radish Leaves % 30 Oates % 10
Squash % 26

As much as possible, we should eat food that is unspoiled and un-

processed. All processed foods have very low vitamin, mineral and
protein values or lose them in the process. Processed foods are also
illness causing foods. Therefore animal products, which are processed
foods, are also illness causing foods. When we cook them we reprocess
them, and therefore their illness causing effects are doubled. Animals
that are always fed cooked food get sick often, die early and do not
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WHY THOSE WHO CONSUME ANIMAL
PRODUCTS DEVELOP FASTER
AND HAVE SHORTER LIFE SPANS

Even though animal proteins are modified when compared to veg-

etable proteins, they are to a certain extent concentrated proteins. In
this way those who eat them have consumed more protein. During
youth the human body works more efficiently. Its ability to utilize and
benefit from food is greater. Digestion is more rapid. For this reason,
by using a modified, and to a certain extent difficult to digest, protein
more rapid growth can be achieved. But this uses a great amount of
the VITAL FORCE. As I mentioned before, when we are born, a very
small amount of cosmic energy is granted to us at birth, just like a
small deposit in our bank account. This amount is fixed. If we eat lots
of animal products at infancy, we spend a significant portion of our
account. To be forthright, our bodies cannot go far with exhausted
and depleted organs, worn out before their time. It will collapse at the
first ordeal. The cost of early growth is early vulnerability to disease
and early death.
Children who are fed animal products will mature at an early age.
The hormones of youths who reach puberty at an early age will be-
come active at an early age. These hormones released at an early age
will affect the body before the child has reached real sexual maturity.
The body will enter reproduction phase before its normal time. In
order to achieve this, it will need lots of vital force. However, because
the VITAL FORCE has diminished through its effort to metabolize
animal products, it will have difficulty in fulfilling its task. It will result
in various illnesses. For this reason it may result in early breast cancer
for female early puberty, and early prostate cancer in early male pu-
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 In the USA, in the 1920’s the average age for young girls to reach
puberty was 17. Today this age has gone down to 12, and cases of
breast cancer have started to appear at an early age. In addition to the
consumption of animal products as the primary cause, there are other
aspects of wrong dietary habits that are at the root of this adverse issue.

WHY EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF ANIMAL

PRODUCTS WEARS OUT OUR INTERNAL ORGANS

In order for us to utilize what we eat, our digestive system has to con-
vert them to AMINO ACIDS. Nutrients conveyed to our cells by our
blood enter the cells after being converted to amino acids. The apple
juice we drink, the bean puree or lump of meat we eat do not enter
the cell the way they are. In order to convert what we eat to amino
acid, the body spends from its vital force (money at the bank). The
body spends the least energy from the vital force to convert vegetable
foods into amino acid, whereas, it uses the maximum amount of
energy to convert animal foods in the same process. In other words,
if you have to withdraw 10 dollars from the bank for vegetable foods,
you have to withdraw 100 dollars for animal foods. The liver and kid-
neys face the greatest damage in this transaction. They age prematu-
rely along with the digestive track. They seem to say, “I am overloaded
and I can no longer carry the burden. If you continue in this manner,
I am finished and if I am finished you are finished.” When it comes
to this phase, there is no benefit in going from doctor to doctor, and
from hospital to hospital. Medical institutions cannot restore people
with wrong diets to health. The only thing they can do is to provide
temporary relief for symptoms that are sources of complaint through
surgery or drugs. As long as you continue with wrong lifestyles and
eating habits, because you do not eliminate the real causes of illnesses,
positive results can only last for short periods.

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TO BE YOUR OWN DOCTOR

Antalya, December 18, 2010

There is a common saying that I have heard from lots of people, “To
be your own doctor.” It is right. We truly have to become our own
doctors. Because all repair tools already exist within us, in our bodies.
Expert repairmen wait for 24 hours a day for the right construction
supplies to come.
Now I would like you to think over an example I will give in the
construction sector.
Let us assume that you want to make for yourself a nice, functional
house. First you have to lay the foundation. The master builder and
his workmen are ready. They have brought the necessary tools to set
up the foundation. But when the foundation is brought over, roof
tiles, planks, nails, wooden boards, doors, windows and other supplies
are spread around the construction site, but the cement, iron and gra-
vel necessary for the laying the foundation are missing.
Can a master builder, no matter how skillful, professional and suc-
cessful he is, set up the foundation in such circumstances? The success
of a master builder depends on the necessary construction material to
be ready at the construction site.
The master builders of our body are in a similar situation. They
are always ready to work all they want is that the necessary supplies to
be brought to them without delay.
Can a car running on gas run if you pour diesel or watered down
gas into it? Your body also requires the right type of fuel to run effi-
ciently. In that case, what does supplying the right kind of fuel depend
on? Can we say, “I am my own doctor,” by supplying the wrong fuel
based on wrong health diet information? Can such a method of being
one’s own doctor restore health? The answer is “No!” a thousand

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 times “No!” So the rule should be:
YOU CAN ONLY BE YOUR OWN DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE
THE CORRECT KNOWLEDGE ON DIET.
If you do what you think is right based on wrong information sa-
ying, “I am my own doctor,” then your eventually getting sick will be
unavoidable.
How can we know for sure if our information is correct? If you
get sick despite the fact that you are applying the diet that you think
is right, if your blood sugar tests are not normal, if you are overweight
then your dietary information is not correct. It means that you are gi-
ving the master builders the wrong supplies. In such circumstances
you cannot have the house you wish for. In this case your health. In
all circumstances correct dietary information is what is needed. If we
seek to become good water color painters, we have to learn painting
techniques. If we want to become good farmer, you need to have to
know correct agricultural techniques. If you want to become a well-
sought engineer you have to be a expert in your field.

DIABETES

Antalya, December 19, 2010

In page 290 of Dr. HERBERT M. SHELTON’s book “Fasting for
Renewal of Life”, under the chapter heading DIABETES MELLI-
TUS, is the following passage, “Thousands of people are being treated
for diabetes. A portion of these are not real diabetics. There are errors
in diagnosis. Today insulin is the main substance used in the treat-
- ment ofdiabetes. Insulin is not only inadequate in restoring health, it
creates new health problems. Doctors confess that little or excessive
use of insulin is dangerous. In fact there are those who enter a coma
through an excessive dose of insulin, and some who have died of a
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“When a high level of sugar is found in the blood and urine then
diabetes is diagnosed. It is presumed that the pancreas does not secrete
sufficient amounts of insulin so additional insulin is applied. In this
way it is believed that deaths of patients will be prevented. This view
is not right, because insulin does not eliminate the root cause. It only
shows that blood-sugar levels have dropped for a temporary period.
It definitely does not eliminate the adverse effects of diabetes. On the
contrary, it creates additional health problems. In the years that insulin
was not used, patients had untimely deaths. This is because nothing
was done to eliminate the root cause of diabetes at that time too. There
is absolutely no proof that the insulin treatment used today eliminates
the real cause of diabetes. In consequence, patients today also have
untimely deaths.
“In autopsies done on diabetes patients, pancreas analysis shows
no definite results for organ failure.
“The high amount sugar in the urine is a defense measure taken
by the body to lower blood sugar. Since the treatment applied relieves
only the symptoms and not the root cause, it is very dangerous and
causes a constant dependence on insulin.
“Can a reduction in insulin secreted by the body occur? In some
cases it does and it others it does not. In cases of incomplete excretion
resulting from wrong diet, the neorological systems’ strength dimi-
nishes. For this reason such minor indications such as fatigue, loss of
appetite come about. In such cases the amount of food consumed sho-
uld be reduced, if the conditions persist despite this reduction then
fasting should be resorted to.
“If nervous, electrical energy diminishes then excretion also dimi-
nishes. If excretion diminishes, then the secretion of enzyme produ-
cing glands also diminishes. This will cause the blood sugar to rise.
For this reason, the secretion of the pancreas will also lessen and the
sugar in the blood will go up. If the excretion capacity of the body is

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 increased by eating less, correct diet, and if necessary by fasting, the
secretion of the enzyme secreting glands in the body will also increase.
The pancreas will start doing its job. If insulin, which is obtained from
bulls and goats, is administered instead of this application that elimi-
nates the root cause, the pancreas will stop secreting insulin. If the
root cause is eliminated, then there will be no need to inject extra in-
sulin, as insulin deficiency will have ended. In the event that enzymes
secreted by the glands are deficient, the body’s greatest need is to rest,
to rest both physically and mentally. Stop eating and wait until normal
nerve energy returns. When normal electric energy comes back, the
tissues will begin their normal secretions again. But if instead of using
the method that eliminates the cause, you resort to insulin use for
long durations a very dangerous situation will arise. As the duration
lengthens the patient’s insulin producing cells will deteriorate and an
irrevocable condition will result. The pancreas will lose its function
as if it was removed by surgery. In such an event, no patient should
fast on his own without consulting a physician.”
There are two kinds of diabetes:
The first which we will call Type 1 developsin childhood, and the
second which we will call Type 2 develops in later in age.
Type 1 patients are insulin dependent. They cannot live without
_ taking insulin.
It is believed and accepted that Type 1 patients have had the ail-
ment since birth. But this ailment is connected with the diets of the
parent. The main reason for this ailment to appear in babies is the
mother’s consuming excessive amounts of animal products. These
animal products are materials derived from the body of animals such
as milk, dairy products, and meat. These animal products contain ex-
cessive amounts of animal protein, which pass from the mother’s di-
gestive system to the baby. The baby’s pancreas secretes more insulin
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while the baby is in the womb and if after birth the baby is given cow’s
milk instead of the mother’s milk, the pancreas breaks down and can-
not function anymore. In this way because of the lack of insulin, Type
1 diabetes develops in children, who can only survive through injec-
tions of insulin. Most of them will get sick early and die in infancy.
It is possible to prevent Type 1 with preventive measures in the
light of on these facts. Mothers who decide to get pregnant can to a
great extent prevent Type 1 diabetes.
In Type 2 Diabetes patients, the pancreas secretes enough insulin,
but it is not used because of the body’s resistance. In order for the ne-
cessary natural sugar to enter the cells there is a need for insulin. The
body collects the sugar that is not used through the resistance of in-
sulin at the bloodstream. For this reason, the blood-sugar values of
diabetic sare higher than normal. In this condition, many organs (kid-
neys, liver, veins, eyes, etc.) are harmed. It is one of the reasons for
premature aging and death.
The diet recommended for diabetics is usually deficient or wrong.
Refined sugar is prohibited along with sweet fruit. It is correct to pro-
hibit refined sugar and desserts prepared from it. But to prohibit ripe
fruit is like releasing the real offender and arresting an innocent per-
son. Unless the real offender turns in and confesses or is caught, the
poor innicent person is confined no matter how much he shouts his
innocence.
Prohibiting ripe fruit is similar. While exquisite ripe fruit despera-
tely shout their innocence the real perpetrators refined sugar, white
flour and pastry, all animal products and fat containing milk are off
the hook to celebrate their freedom.
Whereas in reality, they hold the major blame in theforming of in-
sulin resistance in the body. The pancreas has become fatigued thro-
ugh years of wrong and excessive eating and can no longer provide
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 the increased requirements caused by wrong and excessive food. So
what can be the remedy for this?
Since the main reason is wrong diet, the thing to do is to stop EX-
CESSIVE and WRONG eating.
When insulin was first discovered in the 1920’s, it was believed that
a miracle cure for diabetes was found. Since it was considered that
diabetes is a result of insulin deficiency, patients were treated with
doses of insulin. This application continues today.
It was believed that patients were cured through insulin adminis-
tration and that they would have no health problems. However, these
patients began to have very serious health complaints after five to ten
years. Among these were eye disease, kidney disease and most signi-
ficantly arteriosclerosis and myocardial infarction (heart attacks).
Around the year 1925, after medical developments enabled the
measurements of insulin levels in the blood, it was seen that the in-
sulin levels in Type 2 diabetes was not low, but on the contrary high.
In fact, these levels were higher than in those of non-diabetic persons.
In Type 1 diabetics however, the deficiency was noticeable.
In type 2 diabetics the main substance preventing sugar from re-
aching the cells is fat. These diabetics have developed insulin resis-
tance through many years of eating excessive fats, refined sugar,
refined flour, animal products and/or processed foods.
In order to counter this resistance the pancreas has secreted exces-
sive insulin and has become exhausted.
85 % of Type 2 diabetics have excessive weight. All overweight pe-
ople, whether or not they are diabetics, have high insulin levels. Some
overweight people may never become diabetics because of their ge-
netic makeup. But because excessive insulin is secreted, in the long
term this will develop plaque in the artery walls, which may trigger a
heart attack or stroke. This condition is a result of 15 to 20 years of
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levels of a diabetic before illness, we would see that for the next 10 to
15 years insulin levels have constantly increased.
According to Dr. Joel Fuhrman, before 1945, the Pima and To-
hono Indian tribes living in the American South-West had no diabetes,
because they ate cactus, roots, wild berries, legumes and green leafy
vegetables. Their previous generations did not have diabetes either.
However, with the passage of time, these Native American tribes
began to eat the standard American diet. As a result, half of these pe-
ople develop diabetes before they are 35.
Earl Ray, a Pima Indian, returned.to his previous native diet, his
weight dropped from 110 kilos to 70 kilos, and he was delivered from
diabetes. Since insulin increases appetite and since sugar intake in the
cells is increased, diabetics become more diabetic, and require a greater
need for insulin. This vicious circle carries on and on. Giving more
insulin to a Type 2 diabetic is like giving more alcohol to an alcoholic.
Pills given to diabetics are relatively less harmful than insulin. Ho-
wever, according to research, they too result in 2-3 times more heart
attacks, compared to those who are restored to health through diet.
On a long term basis, they can get such illnesses as hepatitis, anemia
or skin problems. Diabetes should eat very little foods with greasy con-
tent such as margarine, olive oil, corn oil and other refined oils and
fat, as well as dried nuts (hazelnuts, pistachios, almonds, walnuts, avo-
cado, etc.). Their main diets should be a large bowl of salads and le-
gumes. Other than small amounts of ripe fruit, desserts made of
refined sugar should be avoided. Fruit juices, should be consumed in
very small amounts or not at all. The juices of green leafy vegetables
can be consumed. It would be recommended that diabetes eat small
portions of ripe fruit in separate occasions, rather than eat a lot in one
sitting. This is also valid for those suffering other complaints. In ad-
vance cases of diabetes in which diet has proved ineffective, FASTING
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subject of fasting in the following chapters. For the moment, I will say
that diabetics should undergo a fast lasting for seven or ten days under
the supervision of a specialist. To summarize the basic means of dia-
betes prevention and cure is to EAT LITTLE AND CORRECTLY.

RHEUMATISM

Antalya, December 20
In one of the mountain treks organized by the Taurus Natural Sports
Club, I was talking with a young otolaryngologist(ENT, ear-nose-
throat specialist). When the subject of health was brought up, I asked
him if he had any health problems.
“I have no health complaints, but when I walk uphill I have a slight
pain in my knees,” he said, and added, “It comes with age.”
“How old are you?” I asked.
“37!” he responded.
“Alright, if it comes with age, how come I have no such pain in my
knees? I am almost twice your age (at that time I was 75),” I said.
“Teacher, do you really have no complaint in your knees?” he asked
(Iam referred to as teacher by many because I am an art teacher).
“None at all,” I replied.
After pondering for a while, he asked, “How 1s that my knees hurt
and yours do not?” I explained.to him why he had pain, and why I did
not. I told him that this condition had nothing to do with age, and
was completely related to diet. My physician friend was always inte-
rested in new and different ideas and information, so we had many
long and pleasant conversations on health matters in many of our Sun-
day outings. He would always show resistance to what I say, but would
be convince after hearing supportive details, and say, “Teacher, I guess
you're right.” One day he jokingly said, “My dear Ayhan, if everyone
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 “In a way you are right, for the past six years I have not even had a
cold. In the past, I used to have the common cold, influenza, and co-
ughing fits 4 to 5 times a year,” I replied, and added, “However, no
matter how much information on correct diet spreads, since those
who apply it will always be a minority, people will still come to you.
Don’t Worry. You won't lose your job. If you apply it for yourself then
you can climb uphill without any pain”
Medical problems involving pain in the joints are generally called
rheumatism. How and why rheumatism does this ailment, which
starts with low levels of pain that gradually increases, come about?
Some would say, “It’s cloudy today, so my joints ache,” and claim that
the rise of humidity in the atmosphere is the cause of their pain. So-
meone else would say, “I fell on my knees,” or “I lifted something
heavy.” It’s natural to blame innocent causes, when you don’t know
the real one. Misinformation at the start gives birth to more misin-
formation later on. Now let me disclose what the correct information
on the real cause is.
Our joints use joint fluid to absorb necessary nutrients and elimi-
nate toxic waste material. This fluid is called SYNOVIAL FLUID.
The synovial fluid educes friction between the cartilages of joints du-
ring movement by forming a thin layer on the surface of cartilages,
thus preventing their wearing, and also carries nutrient and oxygen to
the area. The joints are very sensitive to decreasing levels oxygen. This
is because they do not encounter much blood due to their structure
and function. This deficiency is compensated by the joint fluid. When
lots of greasy food is eaten the blood thickens, because red blood cells
(red corpuscles) stick to each other causing a slowing of the flow in
the bloodstream, and in consequence a reduction of oxygen going to
all the organs. When the oxygen decreases the ends of the long bones
do not receive adequate nourishment and cannot eliminate waste. As
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swelling occurs.
These types of aches can occur in children and youths, whose veins
have not narrowed yet, due to insufficient oxygen. Many years ago
when my daughter, who was aged 7 or 8 at the time, complained of
aches in her knees, we took her to a doctor. The doctor said, “These
are growing pains, they will go with time.” After the aches did not go
away for a long time, he said her tonsils have to be removed. She had
an operation and her tonsils were removed. Growing pains are against
nature. There can be no such thing as growing pains.
A neighbor of mine who 1s at the same age as I am was complaining
about knee aches. I gave him advice on correct diet. He did not agree
with what I told him. And can you imagine what he told me.
“The ache in my knees is because oflessening oflubricating grease
in myjoints, so I should eat more greasy foods. Especially if Ieat lots
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TODOSK Treks - Kurgunlu

This condition of this friend, who was misinformed about diet,

worsened even though he had an operation on his knees. Now he can-
not walk and continues to take pain killers for his aches. Synovial fluid
lubricates the joints; it works like the machine oil that lubricates the
pistons in cars. Millions of people, who are unaware ofthe real cause
of rheumatism and seek treatment with medicine or surgery, not only
suffer pain during their affliction, but have untimely deaths, whereas,
it is possible to restore health through proper diet and FASTING if
necessary.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND CHOLESTEROL

Antalya, December 22, 2010

Today, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are two health issues
that have become prevalent even in lower age groups. I have heard

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 that even ages 30 to 35, cholesterol levels are as high as 300. These are
among the indications that the younger generation will become ill at
an earlier age, and have untimely deaths.
Whether young, old or middle aged, those with these conditions
generally resort to medicine. They are glad when their cholesterol le-
vels are measured as normal after taking such medicine, and in the
majority of cases return to their former eating habits. In this way they
gain confidence through the use of medical drugs. They think that by
using drugs they will not be susceptible to paralysis or death, whereas
I know many people who have become paralyzed or had heart attacks
despite taking these drugs for years. So the confidence gained through
drugs is misleading.
The main cause of high blood pressure and high cholesterol is har-
dening of arteries and thickening of the artery walls due to accumu-
lation of fatty materials causing narrowing of artery, which are
conditions caused by wrong diet. Hardening and narrowing of the ar-
teries can only be prevented through a correct diet.
Can taking pharmaceutical drugs bring the arteries to a normal
condition by eliminating the hardening and narrowing of the arteries?
The answer is no. So how is it that normal levels are recorded in analy-
sis? It is because as with all other drugs, these treatments are tempo-
rary, palliative and misleading, aimed at eliminating the symptoms
and not the causes. As soon as you stop taking the drugs the blood
pressure and cholesterol levels will go up. This result is undeniable
proof that medical drugs do not eliminate the root cause. This is why
a life time use of some medicine is prescribed. Despite this patients
become even more ill. They appear to have normal blood pressure
and cholesterol levels. Bu this misleading normality will result in more
expenditure from the body’s vital force, so metaphorically the money
in your bank account will diminish quicker.
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The normal values of the body resulting in tests are a result of the
chemical reactions during the body’s efforts to eliminate drugs from
the body. As I mentioned before every ailment is a symptom that the
body creates to protect itself. When we feel these symptoms then we
should immediately reduce the consumption of illness producing
foods: We should eat more nutritious foods. Taking drugs means wea-
ring out our defenses and immunity system. High blood pressure
means an increase in the levels of cholesterol and other fats. If the
wrong diet is continued, then we suffer more serious symptoms that
we encounter. For example: headaches, lethargy, fatigue, apathy, sto-
mach and digestion problems, lack of appetite, overweight, depression
etc. For this reason, it would be wise to have a blood test at least once
a year, even for the young, and to take dietary preventive measures ac-
cording to the results. As we physically age because of wrong dietary
information, the medical drugs we take increases. We leave pharma-
cies like we leave supermarkets with shopping bags full of drugs. We
assume that we buy health with the content of these bags, whereas, in
reality we do not buy health. We can achieve this with efforts based
on correct dietary information.
If the symptoms do not go away, even though you reduce the amo-
unt of illness causing food and increase health causing ones, then it
may be necessary to eat less. You can find the right balance through
experience.

GALLBLADDER AND KIDNEY STONES

Antalya, December 23, 2010

I recall that when I was in middle school that my father occasionally
suffered pain because of kidney stones. Sometimes the pain would be
so intense that he had violent convulsions on the floor. He would
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loosen up. Because we four children and our mother could do nothing
to help, we would helplessly pray that the stone leave the body and
he would be relieved.
Since early childhood we were accustomed to hear “THE BODY
CREATES THE STONES.” Avoiding spinach and drinking plenty
of water was recommended. But nearly no one had a clue why the
body makes kidney stones. I learned this after Iwas 65 years old. After
reading books on the connection between diet and health I unders-
tood the real reason. I mentioned at the beginning of this book that
TOXEMIA is the root cause in the development of all illnesses, and
that main cause of toxemia is insufficient excretion. People to whom
I have explained this have often asked me what the reason for their
illness is, and how they could remedy it. They ask for a remedy for
that particular illness, because they can’t discard the idea that for every
illness there is a different remedy. Because I am aware of this, I am
disclosing the most important and frequent illnesses under separate
chapter headings. Cases of kidney stones are quite common and wi-
despread. My gallbladder was diagnosed as having a stone and was re-
moved by surgery 10 years ago. Now I am carrying on with my life
without a gallbladder. If I had known about correct diet before sur-
gery, I would have eliminated the stone, and my gallbladder would
have remained. Well, better late than never.
The bile produced by the liver combines with the food we eat and
aids their digestion. If more bile is produced than is needed, the extra
bile is stored in the gallbladder. When required, the necessary amount
is supplied by the gallbladder. In a fully healthy person bile will dissolve
the inorganic minerals entering our stomach and prevents them from
accumulating and becoming stones. If we eat correctly, stones will not
form in any organ of the body. When we eat wrongly the liver cannot
produce the right bile. The ability to dissolve minerals will be lacking.
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stick together and start to form stones in the gallbladder and kidneys.
Different stones will develop according to the type of minerals we con-
sume. For this reason physicians who examine these stones will tell
patients what to eat and what not to eat, in order to affect their passage
and discharge. Cooked spinach is on top of the list of foods that pro-
duce stones. It does not have this adverse quality when eaten raw. So
it can be placed on salads or be juiced with a juicer, when raw.
If people with stone complaints would eat raw ripe fruit and lightly
cooked vegetables and salads as their main course, then the liver would
also improve along with the recuperation of all the organs in the body.
Then the bile production of the liver would return to normal. In ad-
vanced chronic cases restoring health can be achieved more rapidly
through fasting. When healthy bile production starts the stones in the
gallbladder and kidneys begin to soften.
The minerals forming stones are fragmented and discharged thro-
ugh the intestine. So with a correct diet even stones the size of hazel-
nut can be broken down and dissolved without recourse to surgery.
If wrong and excessive eating continues, the stones will unavoidably
develop again after surgical removal, because surgery cannot remove
the main cause of the ailment which is toxemia. It is only a temporary
measure. For this reason the surgical removal of organs with stones
cannot provide a lasting remedy. It can only provide the basis for new
surgical operations. Each operation is a shock for the body. They wea-
ken the main defenses of the body and shorten its life.
The genetic background of a person is specified as one of the pri-
mal causes of stone formation. The genetic factor is listed as a basis
for many illnesses. This point of view is true to a certain extent, be-
cause people’s eating habits are generally similar to the eating habits
of their parents and grandparents. So the real cause is not really gene-
tics, but the bad eating habits of a family passing from generation to
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circle imposed by upbringing, and the so called genetic factor is no
longer valid. With correct dietary information unhealthy parents can
raise very healthy children but with wrong dietary information healthy
parents can raise unhealthy children. Right knowledge is always the
insurance of sound health in every circumstance.

THE VITAMIN B12 ISSUE

Antalya, December 29, 2010

In order to understand the reason for Vitamin B12 deficiency, we
must first learn what Vitamin B12 is. Millions of years ago during the
course of evolution our ancestors used to eat fruits, herbs, seeds and
roots as herbivorous animals. Before eating these they did not wash
them as we do today. They would eat them whole along with dust,
dirt and microbes. The body would not use these for nourishment,
but would try to discharge them as waste. In the course of time the
body thought, “These useless substances keep coming and coming.
There seems to be no way of stopping it. So if I can manufacture a vi-
tamin from these, I won’t be spending from my vital force in vain.
The intestines will be assigned the task of manufacturing this new vi-
tamin. I will provide the intestines with this ability.” Eventually a new
vitamin was produced. We call it vitamin B12 today. Since both our
ancestors and other animals ate their food without washing, vitamin
B12 came about.
After vitamins were discovered, their uses and the types of ailments
caused in the event of their deficiency were learned. Measures were
taken to make up for these conditions. With the exception of vitamin
B12, vitamins are either produced by the body itself or obtained from
food. But especially since the inception of the 20ieth century, food
became sanitized and freed of dust, dirt and microbes through was-
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using vitamin B12 for thousands of years. Every new phase in evolu-
tion takes a long period of adaptation. Thousands of years are neces-
sary before the old one is replaced by the new one. For this reason,
when the production of vitamin B12 stopped, its deficiency caused
certain issues. For this reason vitamin B12 has a large storage facility
in the body. Even without any new vitamin B12 production, it has a
capacity to provide for the needs of up to 4 to 5 years. So its absence
for five years will not result in any health issue. But when this period
is prolonged such complaints as fatigue, lethargy, and apathy will arise.
Its deficiency is more prevalent in old age. In order to prevent this
condition, physicians prescribe vitamin pills and if this is insufficient
they adminster injections.
Vitamin B12 is present in animal and human tissues. For this rea-
son, it is commonly held that if we eat meat we meet our vitamin B12
needs. However, the amount of vitamin B12 we can obtain from meat
is very little. It cannot meet the requirements of the body. A friend of
mine eats lots of meat, despite this he has to take vitamin B12 injecti-
ons. For this reason we should not rely on this exaggerated viewpoint.
If vitamin.B12 deficiency is detected in blood tests then the best thing
to do is to regularly take vitamin B12 pills. I once took a vitamin B12
tablet that dissolves in the mouth. For the past 9 years this is the only
pill I take. Because the body cannot obtain this vitamin from plants
and does not manufacture it, this is necessary to compensate for the
deficiency. It is not necessary to take pills for deficiencies for all the
other vitamins and minerals, when a correct diet is applied. Since our
body prefers to obtain its vitamin and mineral requirements from food
rather than pills, it does not favor the vitamin and minerals in pills
and is reluctant to use them. For this reason, it cannot fully benefit
from them. However, since the body has no other choice for vitamin
B12 it is obliged to accept what is offered.

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HEMORRHOIDS

When I was 67 years old, I suddenly developed hemorrhoids due to

constipation. I went to general surgery and after diagnoses I was told,
“It cannot be treated without surgery. I can give you an appointment
for an operation in the hospital.”
“Give me time to make a decision,” I replied. In the following few
days, I consulted three surgeons, of which two were professors. They
all said, “Surgery is the only cure.”
In those days, I had just started to study books on the relationship
between health and diet. The subject of fasting especially attracted my
interest. For his reason, I decided to test it by giving emphasis to a ma-
inly vegetable diet, while fasting in intervals. First I tried a two day
fast (a fully healthy fast includes drinking only water. Nothing else is
eaten or drunk). Then I broke the fast by eating fruits and salads for
5, 6 days. Then I fasted again for 3 days. After the fast I ate a vegetable
diet for 7, 8 days, followed by 4 days of fasting and then continued
with a vegetable diet. The hemorrhoid grew smaller and disappeared
after a month. Since then I have never had any hemorrhoid complaint.
This event proved to me how quickly the body can recuperate when
fasting is resorted to. Hemorrhoid is a condition created by constipa-
tion, which is the result of wrong diet. Just as in the condition known
as varicose veins, hemorrhoids pathology occurs when the vascular
structures known as hemorrhoids swell in the anal canal. It is a very
agonizing and unpleasant health issue. If the blood circulation in the
area does not return to normal with correct diet, this condition can
become permanent in the form of internal and external hemorrhoids.
Such external remedies as ointments and pills can provide temporary
relief, but because they do not address the real cause, no complete tre-
atment is affected. With a correct diet, you forget hemorrhoids existed.
Carry on with the fruits, salads and raw and cooked vegetables!

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BREAKFAST

Antalya, December 2010

I am aware that in this book I have presented you with lots of opinions
that do not agree with your previous beliefs. What I am about to tell
you about breakfast is one of these. I can guess that many of you will
protest at my views and recommendations. I have dedicated myself to
disclosing the truth on diet. This is the reason why I wrote this book.
Iam telling you not what you would like to hear, but what you should
hear. So I advise that you read the following with patience without
protest.
There is an advice that we have heard since childhood, “Start the
day with a good breakfast.” This suggestion has worked into our mind
to such an extent that we cannot think otherwise. By a good diet a heavy
breakfast is implied. A breakfast consisting of such foods as bread, but-
ter, cheese, honey, jam, eggs, sausages, etc. is considered a good break-
fast. In fact, this is a very bad breakfast. It is like an attractive actor
playing a major role in our health issues. He plays the role so well that
he manages to allure men, women and children to become his loyal
fans. When we don’t see him we imagine that life becomes miserable.
I mentioned imagine, because in reality our health becomes miserable.
When our health becomes miserable, our life becomes miserable.
This type of customary breakfast is harmful in two ways. The first
among these is that we eat too many wrong things in a single meal.
Moreover we eat wrong food combinations.
If we don’t eat such raw vegetables along with it such as tomatoes,
cucumbers and peppers, and to top it we overeat, it means that we
have taken a wrong turn, and that turn leads us directly to illness.
The second way we take a wrong turn is in timing. Our body com-
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 However, there are times when this process is done more, and times
when it is done less. The best times for excretion are in the morning
between 4 to 12 o’clock. The duration of 8 hours between these two
times is the best period for this process. If we have such a customary
breakfast at 8 o’clock, it means that we reduce the time for excretion
to 4 hours, because such a heavy breakfast will halt excretion. In order
to digest these foods the vital force of the body will concentrate on
the stomach by means of the bloodstream.
At the times of excretion the body is at its peak in terms of vitality,
lightness and sense of wellbeing. Digestion is a process that spends
the most energy from our vital force. To use the bank example again,
we withdraw the largest amounts from our bank account at the time
of this process. A heavy breakfast sets off our body defenses in two
ways by not only preventing toxic wastes from being eliminated by
stopping excretion, but by having to cope against the heavy and wrong
foods consumed. In youth our defenses are stronger and we can avoid
illness, but in advance age our vital force diminishes so our defenses
break down and we are defeated. As a result of this defeat the indica-
tors we call illness begin to appear.
So what kind of breakfast can prevent this condition? I am going to
suggest to you a simple, easy and enjoyable solution. Eat nothing after
8 o’clock at night. When you wake up in the morning have nothing
other than water with a squeeze of lemon. At breakfast time eat as
much ripe fruit as you want. In the same meal do not combine sour
fruits with sweet fruits. If you do, you will have stomach issues. Do
not eat anything other than fruits until 12 o’clock noontime. When
you go to work take ripe fruit with you. If you feel hungry eat them.
Eating fruit does not take much time, and would not hinder your work.
You will ask doesn’t fruit stop the excretion process? This is the
crux of the matter. RIPE FRUITS do not stop excretion. For this rea-
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 You will perform your work with greater ease and enthusiasm.
Whether your work is physical or mental, your body will work with
optimum efficiency. I will repeat myself once more, DO NOT EAT
UNRIPE FRUIT. In this period do not eat unripe prunes, apples, pe-
aches, apricots, , bananas (eat banana with spotted skin) etc. They will
not only upset your stomach, but stop the process of excretion. Every
wrong thing you eat up to 12 o’clock will weigh you down. You will
become inefficient and drowsy. Both your body and mind will not
work well. I have nothing to say against those who say, “I will not for-
sake my breakfast even it is wrong.”.But for those who are willing, I
say TRY IT OUT AND SEE FOR YOUSELVES. If diabetics con-
sume vegetable juice instead of fruits they will get well faster.
I once listened to an interview with a dietician on the radio. He
was explaining the importance of breakfast, especially for children.
The breakfast he recommended was a heavy breakfast that included
milk, eggs, cheese, jam, fruit juice, and bread. He explained that child-
ren must have such a breakfast before going to school. A listener called
in to inquire, “I am trying to provide a breakfast like the one you sug-
gested to my nine year old daughter, but no matter how much I try I
cannot persuade her to eat it. 1am trying to force-feed her, but despite
this my daughter is skinny and weak. What should I do?”
The dietician could not provide a satisfactory answer. She conti-
nued to explain the benefits of a strong breakfast. She did not have a
response. I assume that the training she had was not sufficient for the
right answer.
I know that thousands of mothers ask this question and that their
greatest worry is their children not eating enough. I provided the ans-
wer to this question in the chapter about children’s diet. But after lis-
tening to the radio interview, I wish to explain it in more detail in
relation to the breakfast.
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her mother? As long as we refuse to learn and accept the answers to
this question, our children will not sit down and eat breakfast with
appetite. No matter how much you try to place favorable foods before
your children, you cannot make them eat. Furthermore, every morsel
force-fed to children will have a harmful effect on his or her nourish-
ment and make them weaker and more lethargic. When food is force-
fed to children or to adults, it will increase toxic waste in the body.
Why does our nine year old refuse to eat breakfast? There is only
one answer to this question: because she is NOT HUNGRY. Her
stomach is not ready for food. She is not hungry because of eating
badly the day before. Then what will make her hungry? THE SOLU-
TION IS TO WAIT FOR HER TO GET HUNGRY. To be patient
until her stomach is prepared to accept food.
Many children who are pressured or forced to eat even though they
are not hungry are weak, skinny and frail. Because when the stomach
is not prepared, the food that is force-fed cannot be digested and ab-
sorbed. If force-feeding is taken to extremes, the body can try to clear
the digestive track and discharge this toxic combination through vo-
miting or diarrhea.
I would like to stress once more the method to apply to a child that
does not eat or chooses what to eat, by referring to the subject of pro-
per breakfast.
What the mother who telephoned the dietician and other distressed
mothers should do is to offer any ripe fruit, especially bananas, rather
than to persistently insist or force feeding. If the child refuses to eat
the ripe fruit (in such cases, they will generally do so, because their
stomachs are not even prepared for ripe fruit), then the thing to do is
to put the ripe fruit into the child’s school bag when child goes to
school, and say YOU CAN EAT IT IN SCHOOL WHEN YOU
ARE HUNGRY. It is not right to give children allowances when they
go to school. If you do, they will buy and eat junk food such as cho-

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colates, candy bars, soda, sandwiches, hot dogs and hamburgers,
which will further upset their stomachs and decrease their appetites,
instead of eating the ripe fruit in their bags. In such a situation, child-
ren will come home with the fruit in their bags and again refuse to eat
at the dinner table. They will then grumble or choose what to eat.
Children with such bad eating habits create difficulty for the whole
family. To sit at the dinner table with such children is hell, but to sit
with children with proper eating habits, who are not picky about food
is heaven. To choose between heaven and hell at the dinner table, and
in relationships is in the hands of the parents. If we use our heads and
hands we can live through the extraordinary experience of bringing
up children. All we need is the right knowledge, determination and
patience. Free yourselves of the fear that if your children do not
eat,they will get sick, not develop or die. THE BEST APPETIZER IS
HUNGER. A HUNGRY CHILD WILL EVEN EAT FOODS
THAT:HE DOES NOT, LIKE, WITH APPERITE:

PARENTS’ MOST IMPORTANT DUTY

If you wish to provide a healthy diet for your children, then you must
first prepare healthy meals and have a healthy diet yourself. From this
standpoint, the health of the family is to a great extent in the hands of
the mother.
If you say that your child does not like salads, vegetables and fruits,
so he should eat whatever he wants, then your child will either be |
skinny or fat. In every dinner table you prepare there should be such
vegetables as lettuce, green leafy vegetables, cucumbers, tomatoes, red
and green peppers either in sliced uncooked form without sauce or as
a salad. No matter what your main course is, eat plenty of these, and
place salads and vegetables along with whatever food is served on the
child’s plate, according to their age. Children will generally eat what

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they like from the food on their plate, and leave what they don’t like
on their plate. What they leave is usually salads and vegetables. In such
situations, it is wrong to explain the benefit of the food they don’t eat
and to force them to eat it. Above all to say “IF YOU DON’T FI-
NISH YOUR FOOD YOU CAN’T LEAVE THE DINNER
TABLE,” is not only torture for the child, but to the parents as well,
and is of no benefit. As I mentioned before in the section on children’s
diet, you can place the food plate as it is into the refrigerator, and place
it in front of him at the next meal, or whenever he gets hungry. If the
child does not eat it, DON’T GET ANGRY, DON’T INSIST,
DON’T WAIT ON HIM, AND NO VERBAL EMOTIONAL MA-
NIPULATION SUCH AS: “IF YOU LOVE ME THEN EAT,” “IF
YOU: DON’T EAT I WILL BE VERY UNHAPPY,” “IF YOU
DON’T EAT YOU WILL NOT GROW.“
Without getting angry say “SO YOU ARE NOT HUNGRY YET,
GO AHEAD AND PLAY.” Say this not as if you were punishing the
child, but gently and sincerely with affection. If you believe that it is
right for your child to wait until he is hungry, and you tell him that,
then when the child gets hungry and eats later on, and sees that you
are saying the truth, his love and respect towards you will grow. Just
try it and you will see the results for yourself.
When he finishes the food he left and it is the time of a meal, you
can give him the rest of the meal. But if it is between meals, offer him
a fruit and tell him to wait for the next meal. This is important for him,
so that he gets used to normal meal times and gain proper table habits.
I realize that I am repeating myself in regards to children’s eating habits,
but I am doing this on purpose. This is because I would like to emp-
hasize the importance of individual health. So please excuse me.
You should place logic above emotion. Emotions can be deceptive,
so you should listen to reason. If you have a child, then your primary
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forget this responsibility, so that you can raise children who are not
picky about food. This dietary application must start before school age |
when the child is little. If you are able to observe your child for twenty
four hours, your chance of success is greater. If you are determined
and patient, children will learn not to be picky while eating when they
are 4 or 5 years old. After 6 years of age, especially when they go to
primary school, your chance of success diminishes. As children get
used to not being picky with food, you can tell them about its benefits
at an appropriate time, when the time comes, and you feel they are |
ready. But you must do so with affection, patience and determination |
and support your words with body language, telling them without
being overbearing about the harmful consequences and deficiencies _|
they will face in the future if they are picky about their food. If they _
become bored, don’t persist. If the child has not reached the phase of
being unpicky with their food, then do not tell him any of this to per-
suade him to eat at the table. Do not place the food plate in front of |
him in anger, as if it is a punishment. Explain to him that it is right
for him to eat when he is hungry, and that he should wait until he is_ |
hungry. Tell him in a gentle affectionate tone that he does not have —
to eat it if he is not hungry. Encourage both him and yourself to be
patient. Do not fight with him, but try to collaborate with him and
establish an alliance with him.
If food that children had rejected is served to them again, they will |
not eat it, in which case you should place the food plate back into the
refrigerator. He should not eat a single morsel of any other food before
he eats the left over food. The main thing about learning not to be |
picky with food lies here. Research has shown that the majority of |
mothers back down and comply with their children’s demand after
trying five times to impose their own demands. But the same research
has shown that fifteen is the maximum number of tries. So after pla-
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eat it. So you shouldn’t lose hope and give up. No matter how many
times it is necessary you should serve the food plate when they say
they are hungry or at every meal until they eat it. Parents, grandparents
and relatives who do not understand the significance of this proce-
dure, regard it as cruel. Older people will look at parents applying it
with hostility, and try to dissuade them.
With patients and firmness and without serving any other food,
the conflict will end in a few days. The child seeing that you are de-
termined, will gradually show less resistance in the following days,
and experience the extraordinary happiness of a balanced diet along
with his parents. What I am revealing is based on successful applica-
tions I have tried, experienced and gotten results from as a father. For
this reason, my son, Erol, who is 40 years old now, never picked his
food, nor is he picky about food now. I am proud of him now, as [ al-
ways have been.

CONSTIPATION

Antalya, December 2010

Constipation is one of the most common complaints. I have relatives
and friends that do not have bowel movements for 4, 5 days. It is one
of most widespread complaints due to wrong diet and especially to
overeating.
My oldest aunt died at 90 years of age. The last four years of her
life were bedridden as she was paralyzed. She owed her longevity to
eating little. But because she did not know that this was an advantage
for her, she worried about it and placed lots of salt on her food so she
could eat more. For this reason she spent the last 25 to 30 years of her
life with head complaints. She would often go to doctors, taking x-
ray shots and asking the doctor to cast out the monster in her head.
Because she ate wrong she often had constipation.

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 If you eat little of illness creating foods and more of nutritious
ones, you will not have constipation. When you have constipation, eat
salads, raw vegetables and fruits and consume less, because constipa-
tion indicates that the large intestine is under much weight. Peristaltic
movement slows down in intestines that are force into excessive acti-
vity. This means excretion activities slow down. In such situation do
not take drugs and syrups against constipation. As these will impair
the natural functions of the intestines they will lead to more serious
problems in the future. They can even cause cancer in the long term.
Place one table spoon of granulated flax seeds in your salads and
vegetables once a day. Flax seed is not a drug, it is a valuable nutrient.
It is rich in Omega-3 fatty acids. It will facilitate the natural function
of the intestines. When you feel constipation increase the amount of
flax seeds. If the excrement softens, then decrease the amount. Flax
seed is an important nutrient that balances the bowel movements 1n
the large intestine.
Ideally, bowel movements should occur one hour after every meal.
This condition can be seen in cats and dogs. In reality it also exists
instinctually in humans. But because of a number of reasons, we tend
to withhold ourselves and delay our excrement, which causes it to stay
in the intestine and cause constipation. For this reason we should go
to the bathroom instantly if we feel the need.
Some people try to solve constipation by sitting on the toilet for
long periods, and even reading books and solving crossword puzzles.
If the above advice is followed there will be no need for this. Natural
bowel movements are pleasant acts that require no compulsion and
take little time.
Because of the fasts I carry out, when I occasionally feel constipa-
tion, I apply an ENEMA. In the enema method I apply for constipa-
tion, I heat 2 liters of water until it reaches the degree of body heat. I
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pour the warm water into it. I then sit on the toilet and soap my anus.
I then soap the nozzle an insert in 15-20 cm. into the rectum. The soap
provides for the nozzle to enter with ease. Then I open the plastic
clamp that controls the flow of water in the tube. The water begins to
flowing fill the large intestine. When I feel excessive bloating, whether
the water in the bag has been fully drained or not, I remove the nozzle
from the anus, and affect the evacuation of the large intestine. The har-
dened excrement is discharged along with the warm water. If the water
is not completely used, then I repeat the process until it is drained. In
light constipation situations this process is both easy and beneficial.
In cases of chronic constipation, it is not right to apply enemas too
often to clear intestinal tracks. Long enemas applied while lying down
slow the peristalsis (intestinal muscle movement pushing down exc-
rement). Enemas that are carried out too frequently will weaken na-
tural bowel movement function and there will be more constipation
as a result. This can result in such diseases as colorectal polyp, ulcera-
tive colitis and cancer developing in the intestines. Therefore the best
way to prevent constipation is correct diet. The best diet is to eat lots
of raw green salads.

ALLERGIES AND ASTHMA

Antalya January 4, 2011

Lots of substances are named as causes of allergies. Among hundreds
of these are pollen, dust, certain odors, seasons, cat and dog fur etc.
These are not the real cause of allergies, they only trigger it. The main
reason is the weakening of the immune system. When we eat wrongly
our vital force or nerve energy (we can call it electric energy) decrea-
ses. When the volume of toxic waste is more than the body can handle,
the body becomes defenseless against certain substances. It cannot ne-
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the symptoms we call allergy as an alert and call for correct diet.
This question comes to mind, if allergy is due to wrong diet, how
come it does not affect everyone with a wrong diet? Differences in
genetic makeup play a role in this. Everyone may not have allergies,
but they can have other health complaints. As a result, different
symptoms may show up according to one’s genetic background. The
fact of the matter is that everyone with wrong or excessive diet will
get sick eventually.
Asthma is a condition resulting from an advance level of allergy.
As allergy complaints increase, and as colds, flu, coughing become fre-
quent, the susceptibility to asthma increases. As wrong diet is conti-
nued, body’s alarm signals will increase. If we ignore these alarm
signals and seek a solution through drugs, then we cannot free our-
selves from allergy and asthma as long as we live. All treatment met-
hods are aimed at eliminating the symptoms and not the cause.
Therefore they can provide only temporary relief. Asthma is one of
the main illnesses that affect us in the worst way in daily life. If the
root cause is not eliminated by proper diet, the ailing person will suffer
in every phase of life, and live with the constant dread of gasping for
breath. Asthmatic persons suffer shortness of breath when they have
an attack. But the main problem is not really inability to inhale, but
difficulty in exhaling. The lungs being filled with mucus has difficulty
exhaling the air it has inhaled.
The mainstream scientific explanations of the causes of allergy ac-
tually explain the stages developing after the main cause. In other
words, they explain the development of the symptoms. They are usu-
ally described with medical terminology that is difficult to understand
by the average person. For this reason, medicine aimed at relieving
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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

Why is it that in thousands of years of human existence, epidemics

have not wiped out the entire human population? A certain portion
of the population get sick and die, others are cured and still others
never get sick.
If outbreaks such as cholera, typhus and other contagious diseases
and plagues exterminated everyone, then the human species would
have become extinct.
Then we should ask who gets sick and who doesn’t? Is it a matter
of luck? It is an occurrence that depends on neither luck nor fate. The
degree to which the body is loaded with toxins is the main causing
factor determining the outcome.
Who gets sick? People whose bodies are in a toxemic condition
due to wrong diet have a weak immune system get sick.
Who gets well? Those whose vital forces are sufficient for survival
get well. These have a chance to survive because their diets are not
excessively faulty.
Who do not get sick? Those whose vital forces are strong and in
full capacity, having no toxic wastes in their body do not get sick.
Who dies? Those whose bodies are blocked with excessive toxins
and poisons, and whose immune system is depleted die. To use an
anology, their savings in the bank have been exhausted untimely.
The more fully healthy people there are in a society, the less people
will die in an epidemic, and the more toxemic people there are, the
more people will die.
The large extent of deaths in epidemics does not indicate the in-
tensity of the disease. It is closely related to what extent people are to-
xemic in the population.
In recent years, outbreaks of influenza, such as the Asian flu, bird
flu and the swine flu have appeared. In my opinion these diseases al-

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ready existed, but were unrecognized and therefore not taken seri-
ously. In my childhood, poultry in coops at villages would all suddenly
die. Villagers would say that poultry were afflicted with a pestilence.
They would regard this as a normal turn of events, and would not
panic. At times when there was a widespread bird flu panic, chicken
were exterminated on a massive scale. My brother had a chicken coop.
His wife advised that he slaughter and bury them. Fortunately my
brother did not follow this advice. In my opinion killing poultry on a
massive scale is a wrong measure.
In the swine flu epidemic alarm, millions of dollars in vaccinations
were spent unnecessarily. The head of the United Nations Health
Organization did not take the vaccine.

IN WHAT PHASE OF EVOLUTION DID DISEASE

EMERGE?

It is difficult to give an accurate and clear-cut answer to this question.

But we can hypothesize what is most likely. I am assuming that our
ancestors did not get sick in an age when they lived in a natural envi-
ronment, and picked their food from trees and plants.It is highly pro-
bable that disease began to appear along with urbanization, especially
with the domestication of animals.
As humans began to live in settlements, the fear of hunger dimi-
nished because of food storage facilities. Food provided from these
storages as a well as from domesticated animals gave cause to the habit
of overeating, and may have weakened man’s natural and instinctive
abilities for a natural and correct diet. In this way, the habit of eating
more than is required may have started. Overeating would cause an
imbalance between the functions of assimilation and excretion, and
our body being overwhelmed by toxins it is unable to discharge, may
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 The emergence of new diseases and proliferation of existing ones
in the last century, when there is such an abundance of food is sup-
portive of this argument. Today more than 20 thousand diseases are
listed by name, and new ones are continuously being added. Parallel
to this increase in disease, specialization in the medical field continues
to branch out into new and more specified areas. This development
does not change the fact, which I disclosed earlier that there is only
one cause for all diseases ninety nine percent of the time.
We can reach the same conclusion even if we believe that Adam
and Eve were the first humans. If we believe that diseases are genetic,
we'd have to accept that Adam and Eve suffered 20 thousand different
diseases. The reason behind the genetic conception of disease is that
people with the same family background have the same eating habits.
People who change diets that they have passed on from their ancestors
for correct eating habits, hereditary diseases inherited from their an-
cestors either go away or are considerably reduced. It is evident from
observation that descendants of those with correct diets based on na-
tural instincts, can be afflicted with diseases that their ancestors were
free of.
There are cases where children of 80 year old healthy parents have
heart attacks or strokes when they are as young as 40.
For this reason, I believe that in the future instead of physicians
asking, “Is there any history of disease in your family?” they will ask,
“What is your diet?” I am aware that for various reasons it is not easy
to reach this level. A long period of transition may be necessary. But
with the increase in the scale and types of disease, and the failure to
effect a full treatment with the assistance of physicians and hospitals,
people will start searching for the truth, and as more and more people
will come to an understanding of it, their demands will change. As
less people believe in treatment by surgery and drugs, the new condi-
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will result in a transformation of ideas and beliefs in both the public
and the medical world.
Signs of this new condition are gradually appearing in developed
countries. On a worldwide basis, the USA tops the list in health care
expenses. Yet while we would expect those living there to be the he-
althiest in the world, the USA takes first place in the increase of disease
and number of patients. The USA provides a good example on how
more people get sick as wrong diet increases.
The acceptance of this basic fact by the general public will be a dif-
ficult and prolonged process. Because NO MATTER HOW
WRONG OLD IDEAS ARE, THEY DIE HARD. But once transfor-
mation is accomplished, the recognition of what is right and true will
be rapid and forceful.
At one time people believed that the sun revolved around the
world, and not the other way around. When scientists pointed out that
this was wrong, this new idea was laughed at. Those who defended
this view were vilified and punished. It took a long time for the truth
to be accepted. Today nobody in his right mind denies that the world
revolves around the sun.
When the enormous significance of the relationship between sick-
ness and diet is fully recognized, the effect will be similar to the re-
cognition worlds world’s orbit around the sun.
My father died of a stroke resulting from high blood pressure at
the age of 51. Today Iam 78 years of age, despite this advance age, all
my blood pressure and blood test values are at a normal level.

CORRECT FOOD COMBINATIONS

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Combinations of various foods at a given meal are important factors,
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of the main causes of stomach complaints is wrong combination of
foods taken at the same time. The adverse effect of wrong food com-
binations is further multiplied with overeating. Prevention of this con-
dition is possible through the knowledge of the main principles of
food combination.
Proteins, especially animal proteins, should not be consumed along
with starchy foods at the same meal. For example, eating such foods
as meat, poultry and fish along with bread, rice, potatoes, pastry, coo-
kies, etc. will slow down and cause difficulties in digestion.
Food left in the stomach for prolonged periods will result in their
decay, putrefaction and acidification. This will result in a sense of hea-
viness and lethargy. It will slow down mental and physical activity.
The body will pump more blood to the stomach to speed up digestion.
However, the body has to use more from its vital force to accomplish
this. To use the bank example again, you spend the money in your
bank account is a short period. In the long term, it will result in di-
gestion ailments.
So how and why does this adverse condition arise? There are gas-
tric secretions that provide for the production of amino acids from
the food in the stomach, and their conveyance to the cells. The sto-
mach releases these secretions according to its food content. Some of
these secretions have acidic and some have BASE or alkali properties.
The stomach releases gastric acids for animal products. This way meat
is rapidly broken down into amino acids and moved to the smaller in-
testine.
On the other hand, when starchy foods are eaten at a single meal,
the secretions are of a base (alkali) nature. Thereby these are broken
down into amino acids and moved down the stomach in a short time.
For example if you eat beans with rice, bulgur, bran bread or potatoes,
you will not feel lethargic.
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who are not familiar with the term wild card, it is a playing card that
can substitute for any other card in a card game. Salads eaten with
every meal will ease digestion, as long as there are right food combi-
nations in the meal. You can eat as much salad as you wish, as long as
you eat animal products and starchy food at separate times. Raw and
lightly boiled vegetables should be eaten with every meal.
If you do not take into consideration the above mentioned food
combinations and consume animal products along with starchy foods,
the stomach will be confused which secretion to release. It will secrete
gastric acids to process meat that is more difficult to digest, because it
knows that if it secretes both acidic secretions and base ones, the si-
tuation will worsen. For this reason it will say, “Let me take care of
this difficult job first,” and proceed with the digestion of meat. The
digestion of starchy foods will be postponed and wait its turn. While
the starchy foods are on hold, the digestion of meat will slow down
and become difficult. Food that is left in the stomack for long periods
waiting for digestion will eventually decay and putrefy, and body heat
will increase this process. Putrification and acidification will lead to
many stomach complaints. One of the most unpleasant of these com-
plaints is stomach gas. This adverse condition is confined not only to
the stomach, but to the intestines. Stomach gas leads to belching and
intestinal gas to flatulence. These gases are known to result in bad
odors and bad breath.
When we consider the addition of desserts and fruits to these com-
binations, stomach complaints are amplified. For this reason desserts
and fruits should be eaten on an empty stomach.
Desserts and fruits can be eaten in small amounts an hour before
meals. But it is best to eat them as a separate meal. For example, either
breakfast, lunch or dinner can be made into a fruit or dessert meal.
But unfortunately, since eating just about every wrong food combi-
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continue for a lifetime, starting from childhood.
If watermelon, melon and all other types of ripe fruit are eaten se-
parately as a meal, there would be no such complaints, as it is best to
eat certain types of fruits separately. Sour citrus fruits like grapefruit
should not be eaten along with sweet fruits. Dried nuts such as ha-
zelnuts, walnuts, pistachios, almonds and dried fruits (dried grapes,
figs, prunes, etc.) should be eaten after meals in very small quantities,
for example 15 to 20 grams. It is better to consume dried nuts and fru-
its in winter and not in summer. The more you combine foods in
meals the earlier health issues will start.
When you eat meat, poultry or fish either because you are invited
to dinner or because you feel like a change, make sure to eat salads
and vegetables with it and avoid or consume very little starchy foods
such as bread, pastry, rice and potatoes. As you feel more comfortable
as a restult, you will be further motivated in the way of correct eating
habits. The right diet leads to right habits, which in turn further sup-
port the right diet. If you do not do this, you will be a slave to doctors
and drugs. You will lose the ability to control your body and be de-
pendent on help from others. |

VACCINATION

Antalya, January 13, 2011

When I was in middle school (1940-1945), there were vaccination
days. I don’t know if this practice continues today. All the children
would line up and wait to get their vaccines. Some of us were afraid,
and some of us would laugh courageously. When we were told that
we would have vaccines, in a way we were glad, because vaccinations
would occur in the morning, and we would go home afterwards. The
next day would be a holiday for us. So for us vaccination meant we
were off school for one and a half day. The typhus, typhoid vaccina-

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tions in our arms would cause a slight fever and sense of coldness. We
would pass the first day of vaccination resting in bed.
Feeling cold and getting under the blanket felt pleasant. The next
day I would feel slightly better, and play with friends at the narrow
streets bordered with water canals at Kaleici, (the interior neigbour-
hoods of the historical Antalya fortress). Iwould grow tomatoes, pep-
pers, eggplants, parsley and dill at the 50 square meter garden of our
two story house. We used to scrape wilde lemons on cement to re-
move the bitterness on their skin, and then eat them. At that time, ne-
arly 70 % of the Antalya’s population of 15 thousand lived at Kaleici.
So Kaleici was the center of town. When I was in middle school, I pla-
ced 15 eggs under a chicken, and hatched 15 chicks. The chicks knew
the time when I returned from school, and would wait behind the
gate until I fed them. When they grew larger they started to fly onto
my shoulders. In a way, I lived a village life in the most crowded part
of the town. My love of nature and natural life must have its roots in
those days. Now after 65-70 years, I am amazed at the changes in An-
talya.
After this nostalgic diversion let’s get back to the subject of vacci-
nation. The vaccine hypodermic needles were not plastic like in those
days. The middle was made of glass and the rest was metal. The vac-
cinator used the same hypodermic needle for all of us. We used to line
up like soldiers and wait for our turn. When a vaccination was made,
I used to fold up my shirt arm and watch the injection with curiosity
to see how it is done.
When a disease is caught and a blood test is applied, viruses or bac-
teria are detected. As I mentioned before it is assumed that a virus or
bacteria is the source of disease. A vaccination is a means of strengt-
hening the body’s defense mechanism (the immune system) by ad-
ministering a small dose of a virus to the bloodstream.
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considering the explanations I gave at the beginning of the book on
what disease is and how it develops, it becomes difficult to give an af-
firmative reply to this question.
As you may recall what I mentioned earlier about drugs, the body
also regards the substance injected as a vaccination as a poison and
tries to discharge it as soon as possible. The symptoms felt after a vac-
cination are the reactions of the body against a poison. Even if the poi-
son is administered in a very small dose, and our bodies are able to
discharge it with ease, certain symptoms can be felt. It is also possible
that someone without any toxic wastes in their body may feel no ad-
verse effect. For this reason reactions to vaccines may change from
person to person. Whereas, I had felt feverish and cold when I was in
middle school after a vaccine, some of my friends felt nothing, and
some of them felt worse than I did.
In reality, the body does not have immunity against all adverse out-
side influences. But it does have a DEFENSE ABILITY. For this rea-
son, I believe that defense is a better definition than immunity.
I do not find the view logical that the application of vaccines will
protect a person from the particular disease it is designed for, because
the main reason for disease is not the attack of viruses and microbes.
Just as I mentioned before, viruses and microbes are parasites that
come to feed on the waste that the body is unable to eliminate due to
wrong dietary habits. In some ways they assist us to get well. Because
they leave the body after they have consumed and finished off the
toxic materials, we get well. When the available provisions are depleted
it’s as if they say, “Come on guys, let’s go, there is no more food left,
let’s look somewhere else.” Every natural occurrence in the world de-
velops in accordance to the laws of creation and existence. We recu-
perate within the framework of laws aiming to maintain health in
living organisms. We are healthy to the extent that we comply with
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will catch disease and even die, even with vaccination. Because in the
method known as NATURAL HYGIENE, there is no vaccination.
There are only the rules for a healthy life. Since our defenses will be
high to the extent that we abide bythese laws, we will not get sick _
whether we have vaccines or not. I doubt that such vaccinations as in-
fluenza, cold, pneumonia vaccines are of any value. I know many pe-
ople so get sick despite taking these vaccines. Children with the right
eating habits have no risk of catching such diseases even if they do not —
have vaccination.

HEADACHES AND MIGRAINE

Antalya, January 15, 2011

One of the riddles of disease is headaches. Nearly all of us have had a
headache at one time or another. But we have no idea why. In my
youth the remedy for headaches was drugs such as aspirin and Gripin.
Later on other pain killers for headaches appeared.
My aunt who died at 90 years of age, complained about headaches
for the last 30 years of her life. She would frequently complain about _
headaches and go to a doctor, take x-ray films. She believed that there
was something foreign in her body, and believed that it would appear
in film. Quite often I would take her to the doctor. Every time the
doctor would say, “Cut down on the salt.”But as I mentioned before |
she used to take lots of salt to increase her appetite, as she complained
that she ate too little. She used to say that if she not pour salt on her
food, she couldn’t eat. She used to suffer from constipation.
99% of headaches are connected to the digestive track. % 1 of hea-
daches is tumor based. It can also be a result of psychological causes.
But whether it is based on a tumor, psychological or other causes, the
basis of all of these is prolonged dietary errors.For example sinusitis
can cause serious head pains. But the root cause of sinusitis if TOXE-

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MIA due to toxins and wastes that the body was unable to eliminate.
So the main cause, and the one and only cause of all disease is insuf-
ficient excretion. The accumulated toxic waste material affects the ner-
vous system reducing the electric energy of the body. When the nerve
energy that regulates and supervises all the processes of the body, can-
not fully do its job, then abnormal symptoms can appear. Headache is
the most common among these. Some drugs can also cause headaches.
Drugs for the cure of migraine especially has adverse side-effects.
Toxic wastes discharged from nerve ends can be difficult to eliminate
from cells in some situations. For this reason, they may produce pain.
In situations where excretion is difficult healing crisis can cause pain.
I will explain what healing crisis means in detail in the section on fas-
ting later on. It is claimed that migraine pains result from the contrac-
tion of muscles and nerves in the affected area. But the contraction is
not what causes the pain. It is the pain that causes the contraction. The
muscles and nerves contract because of the violence of the pain. Mig-
raine pains are generally felt in the forehead and on one eye. Digestive
system and eyesight disorders accompany this condition.
As in all other disease, this is a condition resulting from the body
trying to discharge toxic waste. It is therefore a positive one. If medi-
cine is used in a migraine attack, it can result in temporary relief, but
every drug delays recovery and if the real cause of the disorder, which
is wrong diet, is not corrected, then in the long term, the afflicted per-
son’s condition will worsen.
So, what should be done in case of migraine attacks? The moment
we feel an attack coming, we should drink lukewarm water and rest
in bed. At first we should lie down and not consume any food or fluid
other than water. We should try to persevere against the pain. If you
feel like vomiting than you should drink plenty of water and try to
vomit. You try sticking your finger up your throat to facilitate vomi-
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every time you have an attack, you will notice that the pain will get
fainter each time. This method is effective for all headaches. To sum- |
marize you should take a water fast and rest in bed. As your migraine
pain lessens you can start taking vegetable and fruit juices. It is not |
right to start taking solid food until you have fully recovered.
If those with chronic headaches would reduce the consumption of
animal proteins, refined sugar and pastries and eat mainly vegetables, |
they can be completely free of headaches in five months. A drug or |
other method that will rapidly end your headaches will harm your he- |
alth in the long run. Anything that will provide immediate relief to
you during healing crises is not good for you. Those methods that will
initially cause hardship will have lasting effects. For this reason, when |
applying the methods that I recommend try to accept with forbearance
the healing crisis you will feel during the processes of elimination,
and to regard them as your friends.
Have patience!
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

DEPRESSION

Antalya, January 15, 2011

The health issue called depression has grown in recent years. This in- |
crease is parallel to the rising standard of life and urbanization. Why |
is this so?
Depression is primarily a psychological disorder resulting from a |
break down in the natural chemical composition of our brain. Why —
and when does the natural chemical composition of the brain go —
wrong? There are two fundamental reasons for this:
Physical Reasons
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 Physical Reasons:
I mentioned before that every organ in the body can malfunction
due to wrong diet, and that the basic reason for this is an imbalance
in the assimilation and excretion processes in the body leading to to-
xemia. The symptoms in depression are caused by certain chemical
processes in the brain. When the brain cells are unable to eliminate
the toxic wastes in the brain, healthy brain cells become ineffective
and are unable to perform their tasks. When the ineffective brain cells
are unable to perform their tasks our thinking process is also affected,
such that we cannot think in a normal and healthy way, because he-
althy thoughts and decision are produced by healthy brain cells.
Another factor that contributes to depression and is at least of equal
significance to wrong diet is prolonged lack of sleep, because brain
cells eliminate toxic wastes during sleep.
The human brain renews itself mostly during sleep. If we have
little sleep for a day, or a few days, we can compensate for it by slee-
ping more in the following days. But insufficient sleep is not taken
seriously and ignored, and is further prolonged the brain cells can re-
ceive irreparable damage to their health through changes in chemical
composition and the loss of certain substances. The most important
of these substances is serotonin. There are books that explain what
kind of symptoms will result in the event that there is reduction in
the amount of this substance. The analysis of these symptoms is the
work of physicians. Psychiatrists try their best to treat this health issue.

Psychological Reasons:
People can become depressed due to very unpleasant events that
occur in their lifetime. For example, the death of a loved one can cause
such a psychological disorder. To rid oneself of this type of depression
is easier than if it was due to a physical reason. Such conditions as the
loss of an organ, disablement through an accident, loss of sight, de-

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pending on others to live, etc. can result in more extended cases of
depression.
Several methods are employed by physicians to cure depression.
Among the most common of these methods are drugs and therapy.
But since most often both drugs and therapy do not put an end to
depression, even ifthe person seems to get well, it is highly probable
that it will emerge again in the future.
If we intend to support the methods of treatment used by physi-
cian, then we would suggest a change in the lifestyle primarily in diet
and sleep. As in every sickness, the most effective means of therapy is
correct diet. Without correct diet it is difficult to become entirely free
of depression. Whether they are physical or psychological, since all
health problems can be solved internally by the body, we should
change our lifestyles and aid the body in its recuperation work. As our
brain cells reach their normal healthy state they will produce more
positive thoughts, and will be more open to positive suggestions from
physicians or even ourselves. In severe cases physicians can resort to
drugs. But normally the applications of drugless methods that elimi-
nate the root of the problem are the best and most proper methods.
Other than correct diet, fasting can help overcome depression.

STRESS

There are those who say that the cause of all sickness is stress. There
are even physicians that believe this. However, I do not agree with
this view. On the contrary, stress is a symptom resulting from the bre-
akdown of health. Like all symptoms of illness, it is a result. We cannot
remedy a symptom by working against a result. As in all symptoms,
we must try to eliminate the root cause.
I am not saying that grief and stress do not have an adverse effect
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 this adverse effect is in direct proportion to our physical health. To
counter the harmful effects of grief is easier and quicker with a body
that is not clogged up with toxins. I can give an example from my life
to illustrate this.
In 1999, when I was 67 years old, my daughter, Baris had a traffic
accident and died on November 17. She had completed her doctorate
in the USA, and was a professor at Bilkent University. Four years later
when driving to the Ankara airport in a taxi, she lost her life in her
most productive years through the driver’s fault. I then learned what
is meant with:“There is no word for a parent who loses a child, that’s
how awful the loss is!” I could not smile for six months. Even though
11 years have passed since that time, I still cannot withhold my tears
when I look at her photograph, or when she enters conversation. If
there was any way to change places with her, I would not hesitate for
a moment and offer my life instantly.
“A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who
loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called
_ an orphan. But...there is no word for a parent who loses a child, that’s
how awful the loss is!” (Neugeboren 1976)
My first serious health problem, excessive gas and heart palpitati-
ons, started in the year I lost my daughter. At the time I viewed my
health problems as connected to the grief caused by my daughter’s
death, because at that time the belief was widespread that grief and
stress could cause sickness. But when I read and started to apply Paul
Brag’s book, The Miracle of Fasting, that same year, and saw the chan-
ges in my physical health, I began to question my ideas and beliefs on
the subject. As my health improved, enduring the pain of my daugh-
ter’s death was less of a burden. My self-confidence increased and
depressive thoughts and death wishes diminished. I have seen an in-
crease in my attachment and joy of life every year. So I have come to
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your physical health to the maximum level through correct diet and
lifestyle. The best way to cope with stress is maintain healthy brain
cells.
Thoughts are a kind of energy emission. This energy emission be-
comes negative with sick brain cells, and positive with healthy brain |
cells. With sick brain cells we sulk at the world, with healthy ones, we
smile. Unhealthy brain cells generate hopelessness, despondency, let-
hargy, pessimism, anger, enmity, antagonism, etc. and healthy ones
generate hope, optimism, tolerance, affection, peacefulness, etc. For
this reason learning the principles of correct diet and applying them
is the basis of psychological health.

THE FEAR OF SUNLIGHT AND ITS

RELATIONSHIP TO SKIN CANCER

Antalya, October 11,2011 |

Today the fear of sunlight has reached such proportions that some |
people take extraordinary and unnecessary precautions to protect —
themselves from sunlight.
In summer, between 7 and 8 a.m., my wife and I go to the Konyalti |
beach to swim. The sun just begins to rise then. Despite this we see
many people on the beach using sun tan lotions or sun block lotions
and swim with hats to protect their heads from sunlight. We swim
amidst cosmetic odors. The fear of sunlight has become so inflated
that people try to prevent the life giving rays of the morning sun from
reaching any part of their bodies. They are so full of misinformation —
on the sun that they see the life giving rays of the sun as enemies every
hour of the day. I once jokingly told my wife, “If this fear continues
to escalate, one day they will use moon lotion to protect themselves
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 My Grandson Ayhan, his Mother Jennifer and My son Erol at the Pool at My House.

Sunlight is beneficial every hour of the day. Our ancestors lived

under the sun throughout the day. Despite this, why and how did the
idea that skin cancer is due to sun originate today? If we correlate this
development to diet, we can then find the reason. Under which con-
ditions, lifestyles and diet forms does skin cancer develop with sun-
light, and who 1s susceptible to it?
If you stay in the sun for a long time when it is at its summit, you
will have severe sunburn in areas of your body that have been exposed
to the sun. The skin will swell, blister and peel. You will have pain
until it gets well. The body will generally heal the burns and your skin
will eventually become normal. If this harmful act is repeated after
the skin has healed, then since the recuperative ability of the skin has
weakened, then cancer cells can develop. But this adverse condition
will not appear in areas of our body that are constantly exposed to sun
like our hands.
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around naked under the sun. They did not have cancer. But since nu-
dity is not prevalent nowadays, we can protect our unexposed areas
from the sun at beaches in two ways. If you have the advantage of |
going to the beach for the entire summer, you can sunbath each day
at an appropriate time and assist your skin in adapting to the sunlight.
You can choose the early hours in the morning, when you can stay
under the sun for long periods.
For example you can sunbath for one hour at 7 a.m., half an hour
at 8a.m., 15 minutes at 9 a.m., 10 minutes at 10 a.m., 5 minutes at 11
a.m. and 3 minutes for the hours between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. These
durations can be adjusted according to whether you have dark or light
skin. It can be adjusted according to the months of the year too. For
example, a duration of 5 minutes for August will be 10 minutes for
September, 15 minutes for October and 30 minutes for November.
The durations can also be adjusted according to your location. What
is important is that your skin is prevented from being burnt excessi-
vely and suddenly.
If your summer holiday is such a short period as a few weeks, the
best time to start sunbathing is early in the morning. Depending on
the intensity of the sunlight, you can sunbath without sun lotion until
9 a.m., and then later on you start applying it depending on the color
of your skin. If you will stay at the beach for the whole day, you can
apply sun block lotion, before you feel excessive burning on your skin.
In this way you can adapt to the sun in a short time. If you are going
ona picnic on weekends, when you are not on holiday, you can expose
the top part of body to the sun, and gradually accustom your skin to
the sun. When I was working in Ankara, I used to tan my skin this
way starting from April, and prepare myself for the one month holiday
in summer. Now even though I am retired I apply this method in my
garden during spring. I even sunbath in sunny days in winter at my
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SKIN CARE

Now we will discuss the connection of right diet to skin health. When
we eat lots of illness producing foods, just like all our other organs
our skin is also affected, and the defenses of the skin weaken. When
the defenses weaken, the skin is more vulnerable to all kinds of outside
influences. For this reason the skin cannot perform its functions of
assimilation and excretion when it is suddenly exposed to intense sun-
light for an extended period. The skin loses its normal healthy condi-
tion and begins to deteriorate. Some of the skin cells die, but because
there is no excretion, they accumulate in the skin and form toxins.
Some of the altered skin cells reproduce excessively and lose brain su-
pervision. They become anarchists rebelling against the body’s normal
order, and develop into what is known as cancer cells. This is a rebel-
lion brought about by wrong diet. The skin is now devoid of healthy
skin cells to bring it to a healthy condition. As wrong diet is continued
the anarchic cells continue to proliferate more rapidly.
When we eat correct foods that create health (vegetables, fruits, sa-
lads, legumes, dried nuts, etc.), since our skin cells will be healthy like
our other cells, its capacity to renew itself in face of adverse conditions
will increase. Burnt skin will heal better and quicker. Defenses will
grow stronger because the assimilation and excretion of the cells will
strengthen.
I have dark intermediate or olive skin. More than 10 years ago, be-
fore I changed my diet and started to eat correctly, my skin used to
get very dark in summer. But since then my skin color does not get as
dark as before, no matter how much I am under the sun. If it gets a
little dark when I am under the sun, the next day it takes a healthy
slightly bronze color.
With a correct diet, your skin will take a fine-looking appearance
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free to try. In fact it’s economical too, whereas, illness causing animal
products are expensive. Your money will stay in your pocket, your he-
alth will stay with you.

PREGNANCY AND THE DIET FOR BREAST

FEEDING

Some pregnant women experience symptoms such as craving for cer-

tain foods, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. These conditions
are closely related to diet. When nature brings a new life into the
world, she desires that the mother be in perfect health. She spends all
her efforts for the child to develop in the best conditions possible in
every way. From this standpoint, she tries to correct anything wrong
in her lifestyle before pregnancy, especially in her diet. These
symptoms that appear in soon-to-be mothers are nature’s way of pro-
viding for the infant to be born under the best circumstances.
Craving for certain kinds of food in the most unexpected times oc-
curs because the body lacks the vitamins and minerals these foods
contain. Nature seeks to compensate for this deficiency and provide
for a balanced diet for the baby.
Some would be mothers eat a lot because they think they are fee-
ding two persons. Overeating disturbs the assimilation and excretion
balance in the body. In order to prevent this overeating, the body tries
to inhibit the mother’s appetite. In this situation, despite lack of hun-
ger, the mother fearing malnutrition tries to force-feed herself. Those
around her encourage her to eat more for the child to get nourished,
and try to prepare food she likes for her. As a result the stomach not
being ready for the excess food tries to expel the extra food through
nausea and vomiting. If the pregnant woman continues to force-feed
herself despite these symptoms, the symptoms will continue. If we
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 nausea and vomiting will stop. The babies of mothers who overeat
will be large. A normal sized baby is about 2.5 kilos in weight. If the
baby is any heavier, then birth will be difficult. If the rule set by hun-
ger is applied in eating, both pregnancy and birth will be easy.
If the woman has a correct diet these adverse symptoms will not
exist and the baby will enter the world in the best possible circums-
tances. Right diet during pregnancy and breast feeding is the best gift
a mother can give to her baby.

DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER

Antalya October 7, 2011

Signs of the dementia syndrome in some older people are generally
attributed to advance age and genetics, whereas in reality, wrong diet
has a big role in these. Such people usually have sturdy genetic backg-
rounds. Even though they eat lots of illness producing foods, they do
not have cardiovascular disorders, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, cancer,
_ stomach disorders, etc. But as they grow older, if they continue on a
wrong diet, small blood vessels (capillaries) become insufficient to
supply blood to the brain due to hardening and thickening of the
blood vessel walls. Brain cells die in areas where the blood is unable
to penetrate. The first symptoms are usually in the areas of the brain
that are connected to memory. When this department of the brain is
unable to function properly, it results in forgetfulness and loss of me-
mory. Sometimes this can result in the older person having difficulty
finding his home, and going to the wrong address. When we were li-
ving in Ankara, a friend of ours, who had Alzheimer disease, could
not find his house and dropped over. So I took him there. When he
entered his house and saw his reflection the mirror, he used to think
_ that there was a stranger in the house. Due to wrong diet his brain
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were mostly animal products. This is something I noticed in all the
demented persons I met. The blood test values of the person were al-
ways normal. So his friends always thought he was very healthy. The |
favorite food of another person I knew who had Alzheimer disease _
was 5 or 6 eggs fried in lots of butter. He ate this nearly every day with |
bread. He never ate greens, salads or vegetables.
My aunt’s husband died in Antalya at the age of one hundred. His
brain functions never showed the least signs of decline. His memory, _
mental abilities and cognition were excellent to his dying day. He
would not eat the food that his wife cooked. He used to eat boiled ve-
getables with a bit of olive oiled poured on top. He used to eat very —
little in all three meals, and used to eat fruits in between. Even at the
age of a hundred, his blood pressure read 6-12. He had no ailments.
He would never go to a doctor. Even in the hottest days of summer I
never saw him complain of the heat. When my mother was 80 years
of age, and had spent 20 to 30 years struggling with various ailments,
he sent her a message through me telling her not to eat strong foods.
When my mother heard this she was very angry and said, “What on
earth? How does he know that I eat strong foods?” My mother spent
the last years of her life taking drugs from doctors and hospitals for
cardiovascular disease, arteriosclerosis, and diabetes.
It is my firm belief that the way to prevent dementia is through
correct diet and eating as little food as possible.

GASTRITIS AND ULCERS

Many of us have been having stomach problems since our early youth.
I went to doctors and hospitals for stomach complaints when I was
20 years of age. I took various drugs. I always relied on drugs as a so-
lution. Because I was uniformed about correct diet, I believed that
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 suffered now and then contuninued until the age of 65, finally went
away when | learned about correct diet.
There are some proverbial passages that are so important that I
would like to convey to you in capital letters: YOUR STOMACH IS
BOTH YOUR BEST FRIEND AND YOUR WORST ENEMY.
WHEN YOU EAT CORRECTLY IT IS YOUR BEST FRIEND.
WHEN YOU EAT WRONGLY IT IS YOUR WORST ENEMY.
So if we want it to become our friend, we should provide it with
healthy nourishing foods and not eat excessively. Gastritis is a wides-
pread ailment resulting from mucosal erosion caused by an inflam-
mation or infection of the stomach lining. Popular remedies for this
ailment such as drinking soda or herbal teas do more harm than good,
because gastritis does not develop out of deficiency of these. It is a re-
sult of wrong and excessive eating. So recovery can be provided by
getting rid of these adverse influences. The stomach which is exha-
usted needs rest and time to recuperate itself. For this reason, in the
event of the slightest stomach problem, we need to stopy eating and
_ drink water to assist our stomack in its recovery. If you do not eat until
your stomach feels perfectly well, the stomach, which we can consider
as the engine of the body, will be your friend. The result of this fri-
endship is health.
If you continue to eat without your stomach getting well, the
symptoms of gastritis will increase, and after a while stomach wounds
called ulcers will develop, and later on this could lead to cancer. So if
you don’t listen to what your stomach has to say, and don’t assist it in
its endeavor, it will be your worst enemy.
Let me give you a few easy rules to follow:
1- Fruit should be eaten by itself between meals or with greens and
salads.
2- Acidic fruits (oranges, tangerines, tomatoes, pineapple, etc.) sho-
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seeds, avocado, etc.).
3- Acidic fruits should not be eaten along with sweet fruits.
4- It is best to eat one type of fruit in a meal.

COOKED FOODS

In the previous chapter I counted cooked foods among disease pro-

ducing foods. The last among seven types of disease producing foods
is COOKED FOODS. I mentioned that every food that is cooked
loses minerals, vitamins and enzymes and to a certain extent becomes
toxic. Because our body spends lots of energy from its vital force, it
will be like spending more money than necessary, and drawing from
your limited bank account.
Now I will tell the fascinating story of VICTORIA BOUTENKO,
and how her family got sick through eating sickness creating foods. It
is the most radical and distinct case of transformation that I have ever
heard or read about.
This incredible story is in her book, 12 Steps to Raw Foods How
to End Your Dependency on Cooked Food.Victoria is of Russian ori-
gin, she lives with her husband Igor, 13 year old daughter Valya, and
9 year old son Sergei. In 1993, all members of the family were sick. At
the time Victoria was 38 years old and was diagnosed as having fre-
quent attacks of heart palpitation. Her feet would swell regularly. She
was a typical obese person, at 140 kilos and continued to gain weight.
Often she would have a loss offeeling in her left arm at night. She be-
lieved that she was about to die, and that her children would become
orphans. She was always tired and depressed. Her doctor told her that
there was nothing he could do for her and that she should pray.
Her husband Igor was sick since childhood. He had nine surgical
operations by the time he was 17 years old. He had also lost his health
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 his wife used to tie his shoes. His pulse was over 140. His eyes used to
water when exposed to sunlight. His hands would tremble. He suffe-
red from chronic body pains and fatigue. His doctor told him that he
_ would soon require a wheelchair and should prepare himself for it.
Their eight year old daughter had asthma and allergies since birth.
She was weak and pale, and would become breathless and start coug-
hing after she ran or jumped. She would wake up coughing every
night.
Her nine year old son was diagnosed as having diabetes. They used
to pay between 2 to 4 thousand dollars for doctor and hospital fees
every month. In 1993, doctors recommended that Sergei should start
taking insulin.
This last setback was a complete shock for Victoria and Igor. Vic-
toria recalled that her diabetic grandmother had recently died of an
overdose of insulin. She did not want to use this potent drug on her
son. She sat the whole night crying in the kitchen, and asking, “God,
why do you punish my family? What did we do wrong? How much
_ more can we handle? Why is our health getting worse and worse, in
spite of all our efforts? I can’t put him on insulin, I just can’t.” Next
morning Victoria went to the medical library and checked out several
books on diabetes. They all explained that insulin shots would weaken
eyesight and cause kidney failure. She decided that there must be anot-
_ her way, and started seeking a solution, while delaying insulin treat-
ment.
After two months of diligently asking everyone she knew for an
alternative solution, she had made no progress. Even healthy people
she met advised only medicine.

A Miracle!
After the two months had passed, a woman was standing in front
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and had “glowing skin.”She asked her, “Do you think you can cure
diabetes naturally?”
The woman whose name was Elizabeth replied, “Sure!”
“Why are you so sure?” asked Victoria.
“Because I cured my colon cancer, stage four, twenty years ago.”
She replied.
“But it’s not the same as diabetes!”
“Oh yes, it’s all the same,” Elizabeth replied.
“Can I please buy you lunch, so we can talk?” asked Victoria.
“Thank you, but I won’t eat your food. I will gladly answer your
questions,” Elizabeth obliged.
They sat outside the bank, and Elizabeth told Victoria about raw
diet. She mentioned that she had not had cooked food for twenty
years.
At first Victoria was disappointed, and asked, “Do you really believe
that humans can survive on just fruits, vegetables, nuts and seed,
raw?!”
Elizabeth gave three indisputable arguments:
Animals do not cook.
I have been eating raw foods for twenty years and have cured my
colon cancer. You do not come into this world with a cooking stove
attached to your belly.
Elizabeth loaned Victoria a book about raw diet that she recom-
mended her to read and gave her phone number. Victoria started to
read the book as soon as she went home, and when she finished it,
she told her husband Igor, “Honey, I think I have found what will
help our son-the RAW FOOD DIET! But I don’t think he can do it
alone. Igor, can we please try it as a family for just a couple of weeks
and see if it works, please?”
Igor became very angry. “I am a Russian man, and I cannot live on
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 Plus, food unites family. Dinner is the only time our family gets to-
gether. Now you want us to meet around carrot sticks?! Think a little.
One has to study fourteen years to become a doctor! Do you think
you know more than doctors do? Think of all the billions of dollars
the government spends on medical research. Are you saying that they
don’t know anything and you do? If becoming healthy were so easy,
_ doctors would have done it long ago. You know how much I love you.
But if you are going to go on a crazy diet, you must realize that a di-
vorce will be inevitable.”
Victoria was disappointed and decided to take up the subject again
at a more appropriate time.

Igor Decides to Try Raw Diet

One day Igor woke up feeling worse than he ever felt before. He
had a big swelling on his neck. He was in pain couldn’t talk. They
went to the hospital. After the doctor looked at Igor’s blood test, he
said, “You need to have surgery. Your thyroid is no good anymore and
needs to come out.”
Igor protested, “I have had nine surgeries. None of them helped
me, and I have decided to never have another surgery in my life.”
“This surgery is unavoidable,” the doctor declared.
“What if I refuse?” Igor replied defiantly.
“Then you will die,” the doctor explained.
Igor inquired, “How soon?”
The doctor predicted, “Probably in less than two months.”
“I will go on raw food instead!” Igor proclaimed.
This event occurred on January 21* of 1994, and it would mark
the turning point in the Boutenko family history.
Victoria Accomplishes the Unbelievable
The same day, Igor left for work after a few hours. Victoria went
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that it could be the only chance she had in a lifetime to make such a
drastic change. She carefully examined all the food she had in the
fridge and the cupboards. There was no raw food in the kitchen. She
decided to throw it all away.
She took a heavy-duty garbage bag and threw all the beans, maca-
roni, cereal, rice, TV dinners, popsicles, whipped cream, breads, sau-
ces, cheese, and cans of tuna. Next went the coffeemaker, toaster, pasta
maker, and pots and pans into another bag. She then placed all these
bags outside on the sidewalk.
When she went back to the kitchen there were two cooking uten-
sils left, her large oven and the micro-wave oven. She unplugged the
large oven. She got a large board from the garage and placed it over
the oven. So it became a counter. Then she looked at her micro-wave
oven. When they were in Russia, he didn’t have one, because they
were forbidden. So when she settled in America she bought the big-
gest and most expensive model. Her anger at it had become so intense
that she saw it as her enemy. She brought a hammer from the garage
and smashed the glass door. Then she threw it in the garage. She then
went to the supermarket.
Because she had no previous experience in raw food she filled her
shopping cart with oranges, banana and apples from the fruit section.
When she came back home she saw that everything she had placed on
the sidewalk had disappeared. Apparently there was a much demand
for the things she threw away.
When the children came home from school and Igor from work,
they asked, “What’s for dinner?” Victoria told them to look into the
refrigerator. When they opened the refrigerator, they couldn’t believe
their eyes. All they saw was bananas, apples and oranges.
“Where are our TV dinners? Where did all the ice cream go?” They
yelled.
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life than stay on this crazy
diet.” They refused to eat and
went to their rooms to watch
videos.
Igor ate a couple of bananas
and complained that this food
made him hungrier. They had
a difficult time that day. Family
members would walk from
one room to another and look
at the clock. They all felt
hungry, uncomfortable, weird,
and lost. They tried watching
TV, but grilled chicken com-
Victoria Boutenko
mercials were unbearable. At
night Victoria heard footsteps in the kitchen and the sound of drawers
opening and closing.
Next morning they woke unusually early and gathered in the kitc-
hen. Victoria noticed lots of peels of bananas and oranges on the co-
unter. She understood that the children had eaten.
Valya mentioned that she hadn’t coughed that night. Victoria told
her, “That’s just a coincident, the diet couldn’t work that fast.” Segei
checked his blood sugar. It was still high, but it was lower than it had
been for several weeks. Victoria and Igor noticed a slight energy in-
crease, and they generally felt lighter and more positive. They were
also very hungry.
As the days went by, positive changesbegan to appear. Valya slept
comfortably and never had an asthma attack again. Sergei’s blood sugar
steadily began to stabilize. Igor’s swelling in his throat subsided to nor-
mal. His pulse went down and the symptoms of hyperthyroidism be-
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getting loose. Every morning she would run to the mirror and count
the disappearing wrinkles. Igor’s pulse went down to 90. Victoria lost
15 pounds. The whole family was full of energy. Valya was able to run
a quarter of a mile without coughing. Victoria was full of so much
energy that instead of walking, she was always running. She started to
run up the stairs at home, and run from the parking lot to the store.
They started to take up exercises and jogging as a family.
In order to encourage the children to run a bit more, Victoria sig-
ned up the whole family for a 1 kilometer race. They all came up in
first place for their age group. The children were so happy they refu-
sed to take off the medals for a week and slept with them.
Four months after starting a raw diet, the family entered a 10 kilo-
meter race. Even if they didn’t get to first place, they finished the race
without getting tired with good times.
They had never been so healthy at any time in their lives. In order
to share these amazing healing stories, Victoria named her first book,
“Raw Family”. Later when she learned the value of raw green leafy
salads and vegetables she wrote her second book. “Green for Life.”
Her third book is “Raw Foods”.

WHAT ARE BACTERIA? |

Antalya, January 15, 2012

Victoria Boutenko wrote the following in her book, Raw Foods, con-
cerning bacteria, “Bacteria are the world’s greatest recyclers... Bacteria
are unique; they are tiny and huge at the same time. Smaller than any
living cells, bacteria can instantly increase their power by multiplying
into “zillions” more. Each bacterium is capable of producing 16 mil-
lion more in just 24 hours. ... Bacteria are nature’s brilliant invention
and gift to us all. We are constantly trying to destroy as many bacteria
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us try to imagine life without bacteria. There would be rocks but no
soil in which to grow food. All dead trees, animals, birds, insects, sna-
kes, human bodies, or other organic matter would be piled into huge
mountains. What a mass of clutter that would be!
“Perhaps you have noticed that in a natural setting, bacteria in the
rotting cycle do not cause an offensive odor. In the forest, nobody
rakes the leaves or buries the animals; everything is left in the open.
The droppings of animals and birds are left where they’ve fallen. You
would expect the forest to smell bad. Yet the last time you were in the
forest, did it smell bad? ... If bacteria don’t produce smell in the na-
tural habitat of the forest, then why do we associate rotting with odor?
“Healthy soil contains a large percentage of “good” bacteria. Fri-
endly bacteria manufacture many essential nutrients for the plants that
grow in the soil. Such “good” or aerobic bacteria flourish in the pre-
sence of oxygen and require it for their continued growth and exis-
tence... When there is a lack of oxygen or organic matter in the soil,
“bad” bacteria take over and begin to multiply, causing an extremely
offensive odor. .. That is why in nature there is balance of “good” and
“bad” bacteria, with a significant dominance of “good” bacteria.
“Good” bacteria can easily be destroyed by countless factors, such as
chemical fertilizers and pesticides in soil, and in the body by antibio-
tics, a poor diet, overeating, stress, etc.
“That is why in the civilized world, bacteria create foul smell. Bac-
teria have a hard time decomposing the unnatural substances we
create. To test this you can conduct your own.experiment. Put raw
fruits and vegetable scraps into your compost. You will notice that
they will rot and disintegrate without a bad odor. Now add to your
compost some cooked food such as noodles, chicken soup, or mashed
potatoes. After a few days, you will notice an unpleasant odor emana-
ting from your compost...
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is that ‘Conventional agriculture attempts to feed the plants, while the
organic method nourishes the microorganisms in the soil.’ In simple
words, conventional farmers ignore the microorganisms in the soil
and aim their efforts at supplying potassium, nitrogen, and other che-
micals for the sake of plants, while organic gardeners take care of fee-
ding the living things in the soil, which provide harmoniously
balanced nutrients to the plants. Just as humans cannot live on che-
micals instead of food, microorganisms in the soil cannot survive
when fed artificial fertilizers only. When all microorganisms get des-
troyed with chemicals, the soil turns to dust. No plants can grow in
dust, no matter how rich in various chemicals this dust is. [Living soil
is full of microorganisms and earthworms. ]
“As a result of our “highly technological” gardening, most of the
soil at agricultural farms in the USA contains less than 2 % organic
matter, while originally, before the era of Chemistry, the figure was
60-100 %. ...
“We cannot successfully feed soils with chemicals because ‘biology
does not equal chemistry.’ In other words, chemical fertilizers are mis-
sing live enzymes, which contribute to the most productive and uni-
que qualities ofall soils.
“Another interesting fact is that living things have a strong immu-
nity that doesn’t let bacteria enter the body of plant, animal or human
until the organism dies. For example gigantic redwood trees can ex-
ceed two thousand years of age, yet they remain free of decay. Their
roots are always in the soil, yet bacteria do not touch them. However,
as soon as the tree dies, the bacteria move in to return the tree to its
source - the soil. Bacteria can tell what is living and what is dead, and
they are interested only in dead matter.
“We can find many more examples in nature of how different par- -
asites can attack only plants or animals with a weakened immunity. For
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which deter slugs and insects. Tree mushrooms grow mainly on fallen
logs or dying trees in the forest. Similarly, bacteria and parasites don’t
live off healthy flesh. Since immunity is the only existing barrier for
parasites, why not put our efforts into strengthening our immune
system instead of poisoning bacteria? The same applies to any parasite.
If we keep our body clean, healthy, and nourished, parasites cannot
live in our body ecology, and even mosquitoes won’t bite us.
“Maintaining personal hygiene is essential; but at the same time
we are unable to control the presence of all bacteria in every place, no
matter how well we clean and how many chemicals we apply. ... Bac-
teria cannot harm us if we follow the laws of nature, but chemicals
eventually kill all of us if we do not drastically reduce their utilization.
Therefore if we are afraid of infectious diseases, the best thing we can
do is strengthen our immune system through eating nutritious foods,
exercising, applying stress-reducing techniques and using other natu-
ral ways of healing.”
I have quoted Victoria Boutenko extensively because I have found
what she has to say about bacteria interesting.
For the past 20 years I have separated a 2 meter area of my garden
for compost. I throw every kind of plant refuse into this area. In a year
it becomes a strong and nice smelling fertilizer. It does not emanate
any unpleasant odor during any phase of its development. I have not
seen any flies on it. Ido not throw in any cooked food or remains of
animal products such as meat or bones. My experience with compost
verifies what Victoria Boutenko has written.
We truly use more and more chemical detergents and cleaning pro-
ducts every year. Our bathrooms, kitchens are filled with boxes, bott-
les, plastic containers and bags full of all kinds of cleaning products.
In my youth, I was familiar with such cleaning aids as soap, liquid
soap, cleaning powder, etc. Now there is a separate chemical cleansing
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We have to consider the harmful influences of these products.
Toxic material that forms on our skin due to wrong diet and ove-
reating causes us to feel unclean. Frequent washing with soap or
shampoos results in a loss of protective material on our skin. Ten years
ago I used to wash frequently because I felt unclean. After I changed
my diet, feelings of being unclean went away. Now I wash once a
week with soap. Despite this I have less dirt formation than I used to,
because my skin is healthier than it was ten years ago.

THOSE WHO WERE INFLUENCED BY HOW

I LIVE AND EAT

Antalya November 13, 2011

Since I changed my diet, and began to rid myself of sickness with fas-
ting ten years ago, I have been sharing my experiences with friends,
relatives, and acquaintances. There are those who have been influen-
ced by my experience and talks, and some have even tried fasting.
There are even those who have jokingly said that they are disciples of
their master, Ayhan. However, I say that everyone should be their
own master through correct knowledge, experience and applications.
Many people say that they have been influenced by what I have to
say. Those who try it out become happy when they see positive chan-
ges, I become very happy myself when I see them. For years they have
been advising me to convey my knowledge and experiences to the
public by writing a book. I have been saying that when I reach the age
ofeighty I will write such a book. I will be eighty years old in 2013. I
hope that I will be able to publish it in 2012. If Ido, then I would
fulfill my promise to myself. It will be my second book. At the age of
40 I wrote my first book (Film Production,Direction and Technique)
after 40 years this will be my second book.
I met my close friends Metin Aksoy, Ibrahim Cimen, Nihat Turan,

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TODOSK Tekirova — with Metin AKSOY at the Beycik village (Tekirova background)

Orhan Aygiines and Cemal Kozakh at Taurus mountain walks organ-

ized by the Taurus Natural Sports Club. We find plenty of opportu-
nity for long talks during the walk. They all say that they have
benefitted from me.
Metin Aksoy mentioned that he has been observant on diet matters
since his youth, but had become healthy since he met me and applied
my dietary methods. His hair increased and grew darker when he
changed his diet.
Ibrahim, Cimen, The amateur fisherman did not show much in-
terest at first. |recommended that he acquire and read Joel Fuhrman’s
book, Eat to Live. He didn’t buy it for several years until one day his
cholesterol count came out high. Later, after reading the book he re-
eretted that he did not get it earlier, and said it was just the book that
he should have read all along. Now he recommends the book to
everyone he meets. He learned the value of leafy green vegetables by
trying them out. Now his main diet is a big bowl ofsalad with greens.
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At a TODOSK Trek (Left to Right) Ibrahim CIMEN, Ismail ULKER, Ahmet BOLUKBAS!|
and Ayhan EYIKAN (age 75)

gains weight again when he over

eats, but he is well aware of the
basic principles.
Orhan Aygiines does short
fasts. He was doing a one week
fast when I first met him. When-
ever he overeats he starts a fast.
He goes to a café to play card
games. When his friends ask him
why he is fasting, in order to es-
cape questions he says, “I have
caught the Eyikan virus. It’s a
virus that makes you fast.“He
says they believe him.
Cemal Kozakl is a retired po-
lice officer. About 7 or 8 years
ago, he was extremely over-
weight, had every type ofailment
one can imagine, and was wait-
ing for death to come any mo- i
With Nihat Turan at the Ucan 2 Waterfall
(TODOSK rek)
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With friends who Believe in Correct Diet Next to Water Fountain at a TODOSK Trek:
Orhan AYGUNES - Metin AKSOY Nihat TURAN - Ayhan EYIKAN - Serap DELIBAS

ment. By a coincidence, he came across and read Arnold Ehret’s book,

Mucusless Diet Healing System: “Master Key” to Superior Health.
He applied what he learned from the book and freed himself from
both his ailments and excess weight. He said he was very happy to
make my acquaintance. Now he is very healthy and slim like a 20 year
old young man. Walking uphill is no different than walking on flat
ground for him.
I hear similar stories and praises from others. The happiness I feel
when I hear these praises is of priceless value to me. It is a wonderful
feeling to see people with health complaints transform into healthy
individuals through change of diet. If you share the results of your
changed diet with others and see them benefit, you too can experience
this marvelous feeling.
Then instead of talking about your sicknesses, the doctors you visit,
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methods of obtaining it, and health foods. Next time there is a lady’s
gathering, you can exchange recipes for nutritious foods, rather than
sickness causing ones. When you learn that sickness does not come
with age, but with wrong or excessive eating, then you begin to enjoy
old age, because there is no joy greater than feeling young and healthy
when you are old. To set an example to others by being an old young-
ster is a beautiful and precious gift for others. As those who know the
value of this gift increase and make the right changes in their lives in-
crease, the number of those that reach the fountain of health will grow.

WHAT AND HOW I EAT

Antalya, February 6, 2012

My relatives and friends ask me how I spend a day, what I eat and
how. I will summarize for you a normal day in my life, as you too may
want to know this.
I wake up at sunrise. I put a table spoon of lemon juice into two
glasses of warm water, and sit on my indoor rower. I place the thermos
cup holding the water next to me. I used to love rowing a boat when
I was a child. As I still love to, Ibought myselfan indoor rower. I row
for 45 minutes a day, and take one gulp of the distilled water with
lemon juice every fifty pulls. When my rowing is completed the water
would be finished. Then I stretch for ten minutes. Then I do weight
lifting for fifteen minutes with 2.5 kilogram dumbbells. So I spend
my mornings with at least 70 minutes ofexercise.
After washing my face, shaving and other bathroom chores, and
getting dressed, I would drink vegetable juice or eat fruits. There is a
radio in every room. Radio is my dearest companion. If a guest comes
we sit down and talk, I offer fruits, dried fruits and nuts.
I prepare a large wooden bowl of salad for lunch, into which I place
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two or three table spoons cooked legumes such as chickpeas, beans,
black-eyed peas, lentil, etc. I squeeze half a lemon. I do not pour oil,
because I already placed olives. I add a walnut, or 5 or 6 almonds or
unroasted hazelnuts. I also use sliced grapefruit instead of lemon too.
In this meal there are all the minerals, vitamins, proteins and fats I
need. I put half an avocado, and/or one kiwi at their season into the
salad. They add flavor to the salad. I never add salt.
My dinner is early and is the same big salad as I had at lunch.
Now and then I have had one single fruit after a meal. But I gen-
erally prefer to have fruit as a separate meal. I do not eat it if 1am not
hungry. Every week I fast for 24 or 36 hours. If Ihave any sign of
health problem, I fast until it goes away.
If I go somewhere alone I ride my bike, if I am with my wife or I
have to carry a heavy load or the weather is rainy then I use the car.
If there is no impediment I sleep at 10 p.m.
I have just given you the outline of my typical day, but I can’t say
that all my days pass in exactly the same way. Changes can occur ac-
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 Part Two

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FASTING
 We are armed with two weapons against disease:

1- CORRECT DIET
2- FASTING

Our main weapon is CORRECT DIET. If our diet is correct then we can
maintain health without the need for fasting.
However, we cannot keep eating wrongly and then expect to get per-
fect health after long fasts. If we say, “Eat what you will, you can always
rely on fasting as a correction,” then there would be no sense in fasting.
Fasting is a powerful weapon only to the extent that we maintain a cor-
rect diet. We cannot get positive results with wrong diet by relying on fas-
ting alone.
DIET is a weapon that we should utilize on a lifelong basis. FASTING is
the emergency section of the fountain of health and should be used only
at times of emergency.
FASTING

Antalya, April 17, 2011

In the 1850’s two young pees. in the USA had the following con-
versation:
“You are my closest friend. So there is something I’d like you to
know, and I want you to keep this between ourselves.”
“Alright, what would you like me to know?”
“You know, I have had various health problems for a long time.
Doctors have tried many things to remedy these. None of them has
been of benefit. Every day Iam suffering more and more pain. I have
learned that if man does not eat for a week he will die. I can’t stand
this pain and health disorders any longer. I want to die and be free. I
have decided that it is best to end my life this way.”
“My dear friend, I care very much for you. Just wait a bit more.
Maybe in the days ahead you will regain your health.”
“Thank you for your suggestion. But I have neither the strength
nor the hope left to carry on. [am wholly determined to do this.
The sick physician had only water to drink the next day and neither
ate or drank anything else.
His friend visited him every day to examine his condition. After
two days, while the sick physician expected his condition to worsen,
something unexpected happened. He felt a bit better. After four to
five days his pain had diminished to a great extent. After examining
him, his friend saw that he got better. After seven days, about seventy
percent of his health problems had gone. When he saw this and that
he did not die after seven days, he decided to extend his fast with only
water to drink for seven more days. After two weeks he was comple-
tely ridden of his health problems. Both he and his friends were over-
joyed to witness the miracle of his return to life. He decided to share
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this method. He carried out short and long fasts in different cities of
the USA, under 24 hour supervision of startled physicians. He fasted
for one month in a glass cabin in the middle of the most crowded sec-
tion of New York City under the watchful gaze of news reporters,
doctors and bystanders. At the tenth day of the fast, a journalist asked
him if he felt weak. In reply he said that he could outrace him. In a
short run he left the journalist behind. He become a well known fi-
gure throughout America, and lived a long healthy life.
In this part of the book I will tell you about water fasts, fasting by
drinking only water. What I will disclose is not limited with what I
read in books. I will give examples from nine years of experience and
diary entries taken during fasting. Because I am not a medical doctor
my book is not a medical treatise. It isa HEALTH DOCUMENT. It
is an account of public interest of a personal phase in my life.
Up to the 1920's, fasting was called hunger cure in America and
Europe. Since hunger has a negative and fear-provoking effect on pe-
ople it was gradually replaced with fasting, because real hunger actually
begins in the fortieth day of fasting. In forty days the body feeds on
harmful cells and useless tissues, after forty days it begins to eat the
useful ones. So harmful fasting begins after forty days.
On the other hand, Dr. Herbert M. Shelton applied 90 days fasts
on some extremely overweight patients in his school, because these
people had excessive fat in their bodies, their bodies could feed on
their fat for an extended time. But generally the fasts he applied lasted
between 10 to 40 days.
Water fasting is DETOX at an advanced level. This word is a shor-
tened and popular version of the term DETOXIFICATION. Today
it is widely used to mean eliminating toxins from the body.
There are a number of applications of Detox. For example, eating
only fruit and vegetable juices, only a particular fruit, only salads and
vegetables, or only salads for a certain period. What I am going to exp-

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 lain to you about fasting is mostly concerned with water fasting, which
is the most potent and effective kind of detox.
Fasting carried out by eating only vegetables and/or fruits are a slo-
wer form of detox. To give an example, toxins that are cleared from
the body in one week through fasting with only water, would take up
to two to six months to eliminate by other methods. In the event of
some serious illnesses, a longer period may be required. I call these
half-fasts. In reality, it is more appropriate to call fasts restricted to
certain foods, vegetable and/or fruit diet.

Antalya, October 3, 2011

A whole summer has past, and I did not write anything since April
17, 2011. Now the nights are longer, I have more time to write after
an early dinner. So I will continue on the subject of fasting. There are
four writers on the subject fasting, whose works I have found stimu-
lating: |
Prof. Arnold Ehret
Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
Dr. Paul C. Bragg
Dr. Joel Fuhrman
During my experimentations with fasting, I have benefited to the
_ greatest extent from these authors. In long fasts, especially due to the
information in the last section of Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s book, Fasting
and Eating for Health, written for doctors, I have not come across any
danger. As far as I know there is no translation of this book into my
native language, Turkish. Today he is a 55 year old world renowned
certified medical doctor. He practices as a family physician at New
Jersey. He cures his patients without medicine through fasting, and
_ gives lessons to medical students at universities and conferences to
physicians.
His address is. Joel Fuhrman, M.D 4 Walter E. Foran Boulevard,

1/5
Suite 409 Flemington NJ 08822 USA.
Visit him at www.drfuhrman.com
Those who are interested can use this address. When Dr. Fuhrman
was 20 years old, he was a prominent American ice skater. Just as he
was preparing for the Olympics, he sprained his ankle and was unable
to walk. His ankle had swelled to such an extent that he had to use
crutches to walk.
Since he was preparing for the Olympics, the Olympic Committee
gave support for him to go the foremost orthopedist in the country.
However, after one year of treatment there was no progress. One day
as he was laying at the hospital, the nurse came to his room with some
medicine, and told him that he must take it as he would have a surgical
operation in the morning. Young Joel was not happy to hear this, and
requested to see the physician responsible. After a while the physician
angrily entered his room and told him that he would cut the swellings
on his ankle like the lines on a chessboard, and that there would be a
chance that his ankle would get well afterwards, otherwise he would
be crippled and unable to walk for life. Dr. Fuhrman did not think
this operation was sensible so he left the hospital.
Since the young athlete had lost his hopes in modern medicine, he
remembered that his father had cured his case of rheumatism at the
Dr. Shelton’s Health School by fasting. His father had recommended
that he try it, but Joel had refused. But after having lost hope with
conventional medical treatments, he went to Dr. Shelton’s Health
School and after a 46 day fast, his ankle was completely cured. One
year later he had third place at the Olympic ice skating championship.
Young Joel saw that many who came to the school with asthma,
acute colitis, heart disease, difficulty in walking, were cured with fas-
ting, and would run and ride bicycles afterwards. He witnessed the
strength and speed with which the body recovered, once the root
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 Young Joel was so
impressed with what he
saw that he began to con-
sult with other doctors
who used this method.
He became excited with
what he learned from
them. He then decided
to enter medical school
and become a physician.
In his years as a student
he saw that patients were
taken care of using con-
ventional, modern met-
hods of treatment. It
saddened him to see that
many patients suffered
unnecessary deaths be-
cause of it. A Lot of me-
dicine was prescribed to Dr. Joel FUHRMAN M.D.
alleviate symptoms, but
many of the patients would get worse as a result. After these observa-
tions, he confirmed his conclusion that the body could prevent disease
by itself when correct diet and fasting is applied. After having gradua-
ted, he applied this method to restore to health thousands of patients.
He wrote seven books on the subject. His book “Eat to Live” was tran-
slated into Turkish, and I strongly recommend it to everyone. They
will see that their health will improve if they try it out. Ali Bidi, who
was so overjoyed after restoring his health after reading the book,
purchase a thousand copies and distributed to others.

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WHAT IS FASTING?

Antalya, October 8, 2011

A subject such as fasting requires proper understanding.
FASTING DOES NOT CURE A PATIENT. THE POWER TO
CURE BELONGS ONLY TO THE BODY ITSELF. FASTING IS
THE MOST EFFECTIVE ASSISTANT FOR THE-BODY TO
GURE TTESELE-.
When we don’t eat, our body spends all its vital force to repair mal-
functioning organs. In the same way that a nation under attack sends
its entire army to the front, to face the enemy, the body acts the same
way. If part of the military force has to be deployed against an internal
uprising, it will be more difficult to win the war. In the same way, if
we eat during the body’s effort to recuperate, just like a nation that
mobilizes part of its armed forces for an internal affair, the body’s vital
forces would be concentrated on the digestive function, leaving less
to the healing process. In such combat conditions, the body diminis-
hes or takes away the appetite. In this way, it tries to prevent the in-
ternal uprising before it emerges. If we listen to what the body has to
say and fast, we would put an end to this internal uprising in our body
before it comes into effect.
Fasting does not cure us. It merely provides the conditions and cir-
cumstances for the body to cure itself. No matter what way it is app-
lied, no method of treatment will cure the patient.
An external method of treatment will not remove the real cause of '

an illness. Healing does not come through drugs, but through natural
circumstances provided by fasting and right diet. Relief provided by
drugs may be short lived and will harm the body in the long term, be-
cause it diminishes our vital force.
In page 17 of Herbert Shelton’s book, Fasting Can Save Your Life,
it says, “Fasting means much more than the concept of not eating.

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Fasting is a science and an art.” Therefore for fasts longer than three
days, there is a need for trained people with practical experience.

BENEFITS OF FASTING

Antalya, October 9, 2011

Today many people have a deep felt longing to lose excessive weight.
Most fat and overweight people see weight loss as their number one
health priority. Therefore they resort to the many available weight loss
diets and try to get rid of their excessive fat. Even though these diets
may appear to be effective on a short term basis, on a long term basis
they lead to disappointment. After the diets people return to their pre-
vious weight. Sometimes they gain even more weight.
Whereas, if our main concern would be to maintain a healthy diet,
and if we applied this with right knowledge, then we would attain our
normal weight on our own. Weight loss is a by-product of correct diet.
FASTING provides great motivation and adaptation for those who
have difficulty in changing to a correct diet. Even a three day fast may
be sufficient to achieve this. Therefore the greatest benefit of fasting
is its role in bringing people to their normal weight level without any
negative side-effects. Other than weight loss it has the following be-
nefits:
1- Easing of respiration
2- Increase of mobility
3- Decrease of fatigue
4- Feelings of bloating in the stomach and digestive track go away
5- Symptoms of indigestion go away
6- Other bodily complaints go away
7- Blood pressure goes down and the volume of blood that the
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 If the amount of sugar and starch in the diet is reduced as much as
possible, it would facilitate the body in getting to its normal weight.
When your body weight becomes normal through proper diet, weight
loss will stop even though you eat the same things in the same amo-
unts, because your body knows your right weight and will stop at the
right level.
Dr. Shelton gives four reasons why we should fast:
1- Fasting is the fastest and safest way to rid yourself of excess
weight.
2- Fasting provides for the enormous energy it uses for digestion
to be diverted to other bodily tasks.
3- Fasting provides physical rest to all the organs of the body.
4- Fasting provides the best conditions for eliminating toxins
5- During fasting the body feeds on useless and harmful tissues.

These are excess body fat, tumors and toxic wastes. Generally no
useful cell is consumed in a forty day fasting period. Real hunger be-
gins when the body begins to consume useful tissues.

FASTING IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

Instinctive fasting is quite common in the animal kingdom. A woun-

ded animal would stop eating, and rest in a secluded area where it will
not be disturbed. Those with digestion disorders will fast for a while.
Carnivorous animals will eat grass for stomach relief. You may have
seen cats eating grass. They will only drink water until they get well.
They will recover without medicine, bandages and surgery, because
saliva is a good cleaning aid.
Animals that hibernate or estivate (hibernate at cold weather; esti-
vate in hot or dry weather) are in effect fasting for long periods. Turt-
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known to live up to 150 years of age. Some birds that have to brood
over eggs also fast.
Among all animals, only humans eat when sick. Our natural ins-
tincts that have existed for thousands of years are still with us. For this
reason, when we get sick we lose our appetite. While we should
comply with this message, stop eating and start fasting, because of false
deep-seated fears, we are urged to eat. As we eat the duration of our
illness is prolonged. |
The basic method animals resort to when they are wounded or get
sick is FASTING as a means of NATURAL HYGIENE.
Throughout their thousands of miles of migration, salmons will
fast while swimming to river beds at the Atlantic and Pacific coast lines
for their mating grounds. During this voyage they will use the fat in
their bodies for nourishment.
Animals that are fed in intervals between fasts will grow better.
They will gain more weight with less food after a fast. This is the same
for humans. Because the assimilation in the body increases the food
consumed is utilized in a better way.

PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF FASTING

The benefits of fasting are not only physical. It also has psychological
benefits. Our sense of smell, hearing, seeing and touch are enhanced,
our psychological state also improves. It becomes easy to deal with
stress and depression. Overeating leads to the decline of mental ability
and intelligence. Fasting and resting completely renews us physically,
mentally and psychologically.
Every one of the millions of cells in our body absorbs and assimilates
nutrition in order to use it as energy. Waste material that is produced
in this process is discharged from the cell. These toxins are then excre-
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cell is capable of absorbing nutrition, assimilation and excretion. When
we eat wrongly or excessively the cells cannot perform these functions
in a healthyly. One by one, the cells begin to lose their full state of he-
alth. When the cells lose their health, health problems begin to appear
in the organs that they make up. All cells and organs in the body work
in close association with each other. All of them show sacrifice to pro-
vide for the functions of the most important organs to continue. Be-
cause of this mutual support important organs such as the lungs, heart
and brain are not harmed for a certain period despite wrong diet. But
if wrong diet persists then the brain cells cannot preserve their health
for long. Healthy brain cells produce healthy thoughts, ideas and views.
Our thoughts, ideas, views and beliefs are energy waves produced by
the brain. Since we are small fragments of the energy that is the source
of the universe, the energy produced from brain cells that have lost
their health cannot be expected to be healthy. We begin to perceive the
negative from the positive, the bad from the good, and the ugly from
the beautiful. Our capacity for love, tolerance, smiling will diminish.
We will become more nervous, and more and more in conflict with ot-
hers, circumstances around us and ourselves. We begin to seek fault in
others in every adverse situation instead of ourselves.
Because we have become aberrant, irritable individuals we cannot
get pleasure from life. Losing our joy of life, and self-confidence, we
come up with various psychological ailments and tend to seek assistance
from psychiatrists and psychoanalysts. Due to all these reasons, the fo-
undation of psychological health is correct diet and fasting if necessary.

WHAT DOES THE BODY USE FOR NUTRITION

DURING FASTING?

Antalya, October 29, 2011

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an end, whereas, in fact, nourishment does not end even in a full fast,
because if nourishment comes to an end then life comes to an end.
Nourishment is life itself. Because of this, in fasting the body gets its
food supply not externally, but internally. The supplementary nutri-
tion in the body saves the lives of living organisms when they cannot
find food. Foremost among these are fats, toxins, tumors and waste
material.
A long period of time has to pass before the body begins to eat its
own healthy cells. In a normal person this period is forty days. For
this reason, real hunger begins after forty days. Even a slim person has
a long lasting supply of supplementary nutrition in the body.
During fasting, the least life sustaining tissues are consumed, so
that important life sustaining tissues can persist. For example instead
of heart muscles, fats are consumed, instead brain and nerve cells,
bone marrow are used.
A certain amount muscles shrinking may occur during fasting.
This does not mean that the body consumes muscle cells for nourish-
ment requirements. In fasting muscle cells do no decrease in number.
They only shrink in size. After the fast the muscles rapidly regain their
previous normal size with the first meals.
Even people who are thin have enough supplementary nutrition
to provide the body for 30 to 40 days. However, in such cases the per-
son may have an unpleasant appearance. His face and body may appear
shriveled. Since I am 1.75 meters in height and weigh 65 kilos, when
I did the 21 day and 28 day fasts people thought I was going to die
from hunger, because I lost 10 to 12 kilos. Neighbors would send
word that I should give up fasting. Even my wife feared I would die
and left to our city house out of worry. From there she frequently cal-
led and begged me to stop fasting. I kept telling her, “Don’t you worry
for a moment. I know exactly what I am doing, because I am suffici-
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to my previous weight. My bloating and palpitation complaints had
gone. Ten years have passed since then, and I have never suffered ne-
ither bloating nor palpitation since.

CURES AFTER FASTING

In page 85 of Herbert M. Shelton’s book, Fasting for Renewal of Life,

are listed 8 conditions for getting well after fasting:
1- Young people get well quicker after a fast.
2- Elderly people get well slower.
3- The recovery process is slower in nervous disorders (chronic
fatigue, lethargy, lack of stamina, depression) and long term di-
gestive system disorders.
4- Recovery is slow in organic heart disorders.
5- With some exceptions gaining strength and stamina is faster
than weight gain.
6- In some circumstances, gaining weight may be quicker than gai-
ning strength and stamina.
-7 Rapid regaining of weight is not a desirable condition. In such
situations instead of healthy tissues, water, food and fat would
accumulate. If weight is gained gradually by consuming little
food after a fast, healthy tissues such as muscles will develop.
8- Too much physical activity after fasting will prevent the regai-
ning of weight and stamina.
Eating too much after a fast can create additional stomach compla-
ints. We should be patient after a fast and should rest.
The best ways to break a fast is with ripe fruits, raw salads and ve-
getables. Those who are weak or have weak digestive systems can eat
lightly boiled vegetables. After the fast heavy foods should be avoided
for the same number of days as the fast lasted, and right foods should
be increased gradually.

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HUNGER

Antalya, October 30, 2011

There are two types of hunger. One of these is NORMAL NATU-
RAL HUNGER and the other is ARTIFICAL (unnatural) HUN-
GER. Instinctive hunger is natural hunger. This type of hunger exists
with all living creatures in natural environments. The vast majority of
human beings have developed artificial hunger through thousands of
years of eating wrongly and excessively, especially at times when there
was an abundance of food. Eating at certain times of the day without
feeling any real hunger has in particular played an important role in
the development of artificial hunger. This situation has given rise to
people who eat without getting hungry and has been a major cause in
the emergence of health disorders.
Today, especially in developed countries there are millions of pe-
ople who don’t know what real hunger is, and who spend their last
years suffering various illnesses.
Food desired normally is REAL HUNGER.
Food desired artificially is FALSE HUNGER. Lack of a desire to
eat means lack of hunger.
So how can we differentiate between real hunger and artificial hun-
ger?
The most important factor for recognizing real hunger is the sense
of comfort. A hungry person has no ache. He does not feel his stomach.
He feels no such stomach complaint as stomachache, acidity, burning,
gas, and bloating. If he has any one of these symptoms what he has is
not normal hunger but artificial hunger. He will not feel weak and ai-
ling if he does not eat right away. If he feels weakness, impatience,
anger or some other kind of discomfort when his meal is delayed, the
feeling of hunger he feels is the addiction of artificial hunger. This type
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or a cigarette smoker when they discontinue taking the substance they
have developed dependence for. If the discomfort a person with arti-
ficial hunger felt before eating goes away when he eats, this is an indi-
cation that what he feels is not real hunger but a sign of dependence,
just as in the case of cigarette, alcohol or drug addiction.
If a healthy person skips a meal or several meals, he will feel no
health problem or loss of strength. If he feels disturbed when he skips
one meal, then it means that he needs to fast and change his diet.
Real hunger is not felt in the stomach, but at the throat, mouth or
nose. The artificial hunger felt in the stomach is a sign of food poiso-
ning.
A severe sickness will cut the appetite. People should heed this
warning from the body, and not eat anything, just drink water until
the symptoms of sickness go away. It is wrong for people who are
close to prepare food for him and insist that he eats. Instead they sho-
uld encourage him to rest and leave him undisturbed and alone in
quiet place. In this way they would have assisted his digestive system
to restore itself to health.
If a person with severe sickness has such symptoms as fever, in-
fection, aches, and upset stomach,and he is forced to eat, if he does
not discharge the food by vomiting or diarrhea, the food he eats will
remain for a long time in his stomach and intestines poisoning him.
His discomfort and the danger he faces will increase.In such situati-
ons, feeding can start 24 hours after all the symptoms of the sickness
go away and he says he is hungry.
In chronic diseases, patients complaining about loss of hunger
would often force themselves to eat. As they eat their maladies would
increase, and the false hunger they feel would continue. If they would
fast instead, they would recover in a short time. In the first days of
fasting the feelings of false hunger would lessen, and would comple-
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of discomfort in the digestive track is felt. Then no matter what they
eat, it will taste extraordinarily delicious. Fasting during a chronic di-
sease offers a fine opportunity to enjoy this exceptional experience.
False hunger is a product of such bad habits as wrong eating and
eating between meals since childhood, and if it is not corrected with
fasting, it will remain for a lifetime.
In real hunger a person can eat even the foods he dislikes the most
with great appetite. The body will use this food in the most productive
way. For this reason, someone with real hunger who eats little will be
nourished in a better way than someone with false hunger who eats a
lot.
If the body has sufficient vital force, real hunger will come about
at the end of the fast. However, in the last deadly phase of such disea-
ses as tuberculosis, diabetes, cancer, kidney and heart disorders hunger
is not felt, but the patient will gently die without pain or discomfort.

HOW PEOPLE SUCCEED AT TAKING LONG

FASTS (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 WEEKS)

Antalya, November 2, 2011

In the course of evolution, animals have lived through periods when
they could not find food. In such periods of scarcity, nature has equip-
ped animals with special means of protection to ensure their survival.
Otherwise, species of animals could not persist from generation to ge-
neration, and would eventually become extinct.
Some of the food we eat is stored in our body for future use. In
times of food shortage, our body will use these provisions. Foremost
among these is fats. Stored fats are used in times of scarcity. The
humps of camels and the tails of lambs are typical examples of how
animals store their food. Camels can go for days in dessert climates
without food or water. If the reserves of fat in the camel’s hump is

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completely depleted it will flap to the side like an empty sack, but
when the camels find plenty of food they will replenish their store of
fat with a few meals. Similarly, sheep can survive a winter, when food
is scarce, due to the fat reserves in their tail.
This attribute also exists in the most developed of animals, us hu-
mans. This is why people can sustain long fasts. Food reserves in the
body are not confined to fat alone.Other types of provisions are stored
in various parts of our body. Waste material and toxins that have ac-
cumulated due to wrong diet and overeating are used up during fas-
ting. In this way we can maintain a long fast without any harm coming
to the body. During fasting various biological changes can come about.
The human body is such a marvelous piece of work that it will succeed
in fasting in the safest way. Ifa person’s instincts were not spoiled by
mistakes in his lifestyle, he could maintain even long fasts on his own
and improve himself, without the need of an expert’s supervision.
The most important substance in the body’s nourishment is simple
natural sugar (not refined sugar). When we don’t obtain it for a few
days, we begin to use our muscle tissues as a source, because in the
event.of hunger, sugar is produced from the amino acids in the musc-
les. When we continue to fast, the body protects the muscles by be-
ginning another task. It provides energy for the HEART, MUSCLES
AND LIVER by converting fats into amino acids, whereas, the
BRAIN cannot meet its requirement of sugar from amino acids. It
needs sugar to continue its functions.
Beginning from the third day of fasting, the liver manufactures
KETONE BODIES from fat tissues in the body. In this situation the
BRAIN starts to use the KETONE BODIES produced to replace
sugar.
As the amount of KETONE BODIES increases the brain and other
organs obtains its sugar from the KETONE BODIES. In this way the
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 The production ketone bodies is called KETOSIS. Ketosis deve-
lops in 48 hours in females and in 72 hours in males. After this phase
muscle usage is diminishes to a great extent. This undertaking is called
PROTEIN PROTECTION.
However, ketosis will not occur if instead of a water fast, a half fast
with fruit or vegetable juice is followed, so there will be more muscle
loss than loss of fat. For this reason, the full benefits obtained from
water fasts cannot be obtained from half fasts. So those who wish to
fast in order to lose weight should prefer to apply a FULL FAST for
productive and healthy weight loss.
A full fast not only provides for liver renewal but provides benefits
for such psychological health problems as DEPRESSION.

YOU CAN FREE YOURSELF OF ADDICTION

TO COLA, TEA, COFFEE, CIGARETTES AND
ALCOHOL THROUGH FASTING

Antalya, November 15, 2011

How and why do habit forming dependencies develop? The main rea-
son for these developments is intake of illness causing foods and
drinks. When these addictive substances that are generally introduced
to the body through environmental influences, close friends or the
urge to be like others, they form a variety of negative chemical changes
in the brain, and because of these changes, the brain losses its ability
to differentiate between right and wrong.
ENDORPHINS are the body’s pleasure producing hormones.
The activity causing the highest secretion of endorphins is sexual or-
gasm. Exercises provide secretion of endorphins. For this reason, we
have a sense of exhilaration after exercises. This sense of well-being
encourages and motivates us to exercise habitually. Someone who is
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a workout.
Ripe fruit, especially bananas provide for the secretion of the en-
dorphin hormone to some degree.
I mentioned that when addictive substances enter the body they
disturb the chemical balance in the brain. The brain having become
unbalanced and its ability to distinguish being impaired, begins to
identify addictive substances as substances providing pleasure and
starts to secrete endorphins. For this reason, lack of nicotine from ci-
garettes, alcohol from spirits, tannin from tea, and heroin from opium
creates a sense of deficiency in the addicted. Since these substances
are recognized by the body as poisons, it tries to eliminate them thro-
ugh excretion. If the consumption of these harmful substances is stop-
ped, then the body restores the brain to normal, eliminating the
deception. During rehabilitation and abstinence, toxic materials are
released into the bloodstream in order to discharge them from the
body, which causes what is known as withdrawal symptoms. These
symptoms can be headaches, upset stomach, stomachache, vomiting,
diarrhea, etc. Besides such physical symptoms, psychological
symptoms such as anger, rage, intolerance etc. can also occur. For this
reason addicted persons will demand the substances that they are de-
pendent on in order to relieve these symptoms. The most violent
withdrawal symptoms are those of heroin addicts, these symptoms are
so agonizing that they will do anything to get back on the drug. De-
pending on the degree of dependence, addicts to such toxic products
as cigarettes, alcohol, coffee, tea, and soda will consume them repea-
tedly to relieve various degrees of discomfort. In this way they are ca-
ught in a vicious circle, and may seek help from a physician if they are
aware of it. Those who truly seek to be liberated from their addiction
have had successful cases of rehabilitation.
My advice for those who want to be freed from such addictions is
to fast. If you want to be freed from such an addiction, fast for three

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to four days with only water. During the fast consume as much water
and the substance that you are addicted to as you want. For example,
if you smoke cigarettes, smoke as much as you want, but I repeat con-
sume “NO LIQUID OR SOLID FOOD.‘
In the third of fourth day of the fast, cigarettes will taste so bad that
you will not want to get near one again. If you can bear the distasteful
consequences during the fast, you will be freed from the smoking
habit. Since you do not eat anything, your body will revolt against ni-
cotine, and will use all its vital force to get rid of it.If you cannot free
yourself at first, try again. Fasting is the best purging agent, demons-
trating the body’s extraordinary capacity to renew itself.
Since wrong and excessive eating creates the same chemical mo-
difications in the brain, it causes the same type of complications as
other addictions. But since ninety nine percent of us have wrong diets,
it does not get as much attention and negative criticism as heroin, ci-
garettes and alcohol.
However, it is my belief that in the years ahead wrong eating habits
will take their place among the other well-known addictions.

UNFAVORABLE EFFECTS OF LONG FASTS

Antalya, October 17, 2011

With few exceptions fasting is generally an application without any
danger. On the other hand, fasts that last longer than 3 or 4 days sho-
uld be supervised by someone with the relevant training, knowledge
and experience. Dr. Joel Furman summarized these special circums-
tances in his book, Fasting and Eating for Health:

1- A trained expert should examine a patient to see if a long fast

(2, 3, 4 weeks) is suitable for him and should decide accor-

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 dingly. If the patient does not have sufficient vital force to carry
out the fast, the fast can result in death. The assessment of the
expert at this point is of crucial importance. It is not correct to
assume that every patient can carry out a fast. The fast should
be ended if the expert sees a dangerous condition, even if the
patient wishes to continue.
A medical expert must supervise the patient on a day to day
basis. He must take his pulse, blood pressure and conduct all
other medical examinations.
Blood tests should be conducted at least once a week. Elect-
rolyte balance and dehydration condition of the patient should
be checked. Laboratory tests should be conducted for electrolyte
and dehydration evaluations in case of sudden weakness or con-
tinual vomiting.
Before the patient begins to fast his kidneys and livers should
be checked with blood tests to make sure they function at an
adequate level.
Dr. Joel Fuhrman is of the opinion that those with severe liver
and kidney disorders are not suitable for fasting. Those whose
vital force is not sufficient to support fasting, including those
with anemia, malnutrition, pregnancy, AIDS, should not fast.
The patient should stop taking drugs before starting to fast, or
should maintain a correct diet until he stops taking them and
then start to fast. Because patients have toxic disorders in the
kidneys when they fast while taking drugs.
6= Type 2 Diabetics should stop taking oral medicine and insulin

before fasting.
7- Type 1 Diabetics should not fast.

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TYPICAL SIDE EFFECTS OF FASTS

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Typical symptoms that appear during fasts are usually not many and
harmless. They do not require much intervention. The encourage-
ments and motivation of a medical specialist are sufficient. But in some
situations it may be necessary to end a fast before the scheduled date.
Normally blood pressure will gradually drop during a fast. This is
normal. It will stop dropping at a certain point. However, if there is a
sudden drop of blood pressure to a very low level, excessive dizziness,
or vomiting then the fast must be stopped.
The person can feel dizzy if he does not drink enough water while
the blood pressure is gradually dropping. Especially, if one suddenly
gets up when lying down there can dizziness or even fainting. In such
situations, if the patient feels the slightest dizziness he should imme-
diately lie down wherever he is. Otherwise he could injure his head
during a fall. Dr. Joel Fuhrman says that he never encountered such
injuries with any of his patients, because he always recommended to
them that they immediately lie down as a preventative measure. He
recommends that when they get up from bed, they should sit first and
then gradually get up, and when they go to the bathroom at night they
should sit on the toilet.
The pulse can also drop a little. This shows that the load on the
heart is reduced. But if there is a sudden major drop in pulse the me-
dical specialist can decide to end the fast.
Because of the changes in the hormones, the body may lower body
temperature to save on energy. In sucha situation the patient will feel
cold, especially if he is thin, in which case, thicker clothes and bed co-
vers will be necessary. In order to bring energy loss to a minimum,
the body should be kept cool in summer and warm in winter. In nor-
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or cold weather.
Towards the end of long fasts if there is sudden palpitation or
tachycardia, the fast should be ended with a glass of fruit juice, because
this condition is either a sign of electrolyte imbalance, the fast being
too prolonged or the onset of hunger.
There is little or no bowel movement during a fast. If the patient
eats raw fruits and vegetables 2 to three days before starting the fast
there will be no constipation. If the patient has complaints of chronic
constipation before the fast, it would be advisable for him to have an
enema at the first or second day of the fast.
If the patient has a large intestine disorder causing diarrhea or soft
feces there may be more frequent bowel movements in the first days
of the fast. But as the fast progresses, the frequency of the bowel mo-
vements will slow down or stop.
In 5 to 10 percent of fasts vomiting will occur in the first days of
the fast. Vomiting will generally diminish or stop as the fast progresses.
The patient may have a headache during the first days of the fast.
Headaches are typical signs of healing crisis. But they will disappear as
the fast progresses. It is not right to take drugs to relief headaches. If
the patient has patience for the next few days, he will be relieved with
the next bowel movement. If the patient continues a vegetable diet after
the end of the fast, migraine pains will also completely disappear.
In some fasts the hours of sleep may lessen. There is less need for
sleep because there is less activity. It is not an issue.
Dr. Herbert Shelton says, “A person who does not get well through
fasting, will not get well through any other means.”

BLOOD AND URINE TESTS DURING FASTS

In fasts that last more than a week blood and urine test must be taken
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the length of the fast according to the results of the test.
Uric acid is almost always high at every stage of the fast. These re-
sults are normal. Dr. Herbert Shelton who has treated over thirty
thousand patients has not come across any lasting complaint due to
high uric acid.
Certain problems related to symptoms of dehydration may appear
in patients who do not drink enough water. For this reason patients
should be encouraged to drink at least one liter of water a day. This
amount can be raised to two liters depending on the results of blood
tests. Dehydration is more common in thin patients, and less common
in overweight ones.
The blood sugar levels of patients who are not diabetic can drop
to 45 to 65. As long as this figure does not go below 40, it is considered
normal. In Type 2 Diabetics the normal level is 90 to 100 or slightly
higher.
The electrolyte level during fasting is usually normal. In the first
days of the fast the potassium and sodium levels may slightly lessen.
If the potassium level drops to 3.2, the supervising physician sho-
uld conduct potassium measurements more often and determine
whether it continues to drop. If it does, the fast must be ended. Sud-
den feelings of excessive weakness in the patient are signs that the po-
tassium level has dropped to very low levels. But if the feelings of
weakness develop gradually this is a normal result of the fast.
The cholesterol level will rise in fasts. Especially in the case of pa-
tients with fatty plaques in their arteries, cholesterol plaques are re-
leased into the bloodstream to be discharged. For this reason, the
cholesterol levels of patients with cardiovascular complaints may do-
uble in fasts.
This rise in cholesterol levels is most common in the level of bad
cholesterol (LDL). In normal arteries without disease, cholesterol level
does not increase. In patients with diseased arteries high cholesterol
may appear for a while after the fast. This is a sign that discharge con-
tinues after the fast for a while with patients that apply a correct diet.
It is a positive sign. Blood tests should be done slightly later on to de-
termine the positive effects of the fast.

CAUSES OF DEATHS RESULTING

FROM IMPROPER FASTS

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Though deaths resulting from fasts that have been conducted wrongly
are very few, some have occurred. This may be the fault of misinfor-
med or inadequately informed supervising physicians, or it may be
due to a patient that insists on carrying on the fast despite the physi-
cian’s warnings. For example, in the 30 thousand cases treated by Dr.
Herbert Shelton, only one patient died when he insisted to carry on
the fast. Other than this, none of the 30 thousand patients he treated
died during the fast.
Dr. Joel Fuhrman brought 10 thousand of his patients to health
through fasting and correct diet with no cases of death.
The main reason for the deaths of obese people in long fasts is that
although they have sufficient amounts of fat tissues in their bodies,
their muscle reserves are insufficient. In such cases,if the fast is con-
tinued because the level of fat in the body appears sufficient, but
muscle tissues have diminished, it means that the hunger limit has
been reached. This danger does not exist in full fasts. But if such
drinks as fruit juice, vegetable juice, tea, or coffee are offered during
the fast, the body will consume the muscle tissues instead of fat tis-
sues. The patient will die of hunger even though he appears fat.
An obese person died after a seven month fast. No one should fast
for such a long period.
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trained in fasting, then they could offer their patients the choice of al-
ternative treatments through fasting and correct diet, instead of drugs
or surgery.
A separate branch of medical treatment under natural treatment
can be developed. I know that this suggestion of mine will not be easy
to realize, but I believe that in the years ahead it will gain importance.

WHO SHOULD FAST? ©

Experts on the subject of fasting say that everyone can fast, whether
they are healthy or not. For example, when Dr. Joel Fuhrman was
eighteen years old he went to Dr. Shelton’s Health School and fasted
for 46 days to cure his sprained ankle, now at age 55, he says, “I believe
that fasts taken at intervals increase the lifespan; instead of fasts lasting
a few days, if 10 to 15 day fasts would be taken every five to ten years,
super health would be achieved. A person can also renew his body
with the condition that he applies a correct diet. Fasting should not
be applied as the last recourse, but at the first instance of sickness.
Since the vital force of the body would not have diminished then, the
fast will give quicker results and be more effective. Even though I am
very healthy, I am planning a 15 day fast in the coming years. ”
Humans have been fasting for thousands of years. When there
were no physicians or medicine available, people used to get well by
fasting 40-50 thousand years ago when they were wounded or sick.
The fear of fasting developed later on along with a long period of
wrong diet. Today we eat so much and so many wrong things that it
has become more of a habit, than a means of nourishment. Most of
the time we eat not because we are hungry, but because we are used
to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. So we get sick. People whose body’s
are stuffed and blocked with toxins have headaches and stomach prob-
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They then begin to fear that if they feel so bad by skipping one meal,
they will not be able to withstand a fast lasting a few days.
Whereas, such complaints themselves are a clear sign that there 1s
an urgent need for a long fast. The more severe complaints are after
skipping one or two meals, the more there is need to purify the body
through fasting. If they can manage this after a few days of inconve-
nience their complaints will diminish and finally disappear.
Anyone who fears fasting should not fast. He should first improve
his knowledge about the subject to overcome this fear.
Those who are under emotional stress, who have difficulty in de-
ciding between taking surgery and fasting, should not fast. They should
wait until they are properly motivated by reading books on the subject,
and talking to those who have tried it. Then they should decide.

HOW LONG SHOULD A PERIOD OF FASTING BE?

If the fast you plan to take is longer than a week, an experienced physi-
cian should be consulted to decide on the duration. He can adjust the
duration according to the condition of the patient. Fasts applied by
Dr. Fuhrman are between 14 to 28 days. He recommends at least two
weeks. According to his experience, the benefits of fasts reach their
highest point after a week. For this reason, three week fasts are app-
ropriate for those with chronic diseases.
Even if fasts last for only three or four days, they should not be
taken with frequent intervals. Intervals should be long enough for the
body to regain lost nutritional reserves.
If working people wish to fast, they can start with breakfast on a
Friday and continue until Sunday evening for three days. If they feel
tired on Saturday or Sunday, they can rest in bed.
If they have a cold or the flu, a fast for 2 or three days is sufficient
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have a cold, but when you feel you are about to have one.
Dr. Herbert Shelton used to apply fasts lasting for 21-40 days for
his patients. So if he mentions a fast lasting 90 days, it is an exception.
Although Dr. Joel Fuhrman applied a few fasts for 30 days or more,
these were in exceptional cases.
I adjust my fasts according to the duration the health problem takes
to go away. I do not preplan how long a fast will take. When I feel the
slightest health problem I stop eating, and drink only distilled water
until that problem passes away. This period may last for a few meals
or a few days. At the start of this month when my blood sugar and
cholesterol was a bit high I started a fast and did not eat anything for
a week. At holidays we meet with relatives at a restaurant to celebrate
and have a great big meal. In this way we don’t lose time paying mu-
tual visits. The first day of last holiday was the seventh day of my fast.
I drove with my wife to the restaurant having not eaten in seven days.
I did not eat anything and later that night we visited two friends that
were sick. At 9 o’clock we went to our home in the city. Our relatives
were surprised at how I managed to drive without having eaten anyt-
hing for one week.
‘Next morning at the 8" day of the fast, I broke the fast by eating
fruit and ate little and lightly for the next week. Let me remind you
that I have taken this week long fast at the age of 78.

ENDING A FAST

The most pleasant thing after a fast is the first meal. This would have
to be a small amount offood, but the taste is immense. The rules for
eating after a fast are as important as those for fasting. For the same
duration as the fast, the food eaten after the fast should have high nut-
ritional value, and should be raw as much as possible.
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after a fast is as follows:
1* day- Watermelon the size of a woman’s fist or half an orange is
served every two hours. The patient should eat slowly and chew well.
Vegetable juice or fruit juice can be served instead.
2™4 day- The same fruit meal is continued but the amount is in-
creased, but it is served every three hours.
34 day- Four meals a day are applied and green salad is added.
4% day- Three meals are served and the amount of food increased.
But it must be less than the amount before the fast. This time squash,
tomatoes and cucumbers are added. After this day such foods as lightly
cooked squash and potatoes may be added.
If the digestive system of the patient is sensitive serving lightly coo-
ked vegetables like squash may be more suitable than raw foods.
If the potassium level of the patient is low, then breaking a fast with
orange juice is advised. Fruit juices and vegetable juices bring potas-
sium to a normal level in a more rapidly.
If the patient is overweight the fast should be broken with raw ve-
getable and fruits. Raw vegetables are more effective in losing weight
than cooked ones.
If you are very thin do not eat a lot after a fast in order to gain we-
ight. If you eat little you will gradually build muscles. If you eat a lot
your stomach will be upset and you will develop fat instead of musc-
les. Do not be in a hurry to gain weight.
Those who recover their health through correct diet and fasting
like to recommend to others the natural hygiene methods they have
applied so that others may get well. This is not of much use. Do not
share your knowledge and experience unless the sick person asks you
for it. Do not hesitate to explain it if they ask for it. We can only help
those who are prepared to help themselves. We should recommend
books and encourage them to try it out. Experience is the best teacher.
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 In his book, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Dr. James F.
Balch, M.D. gives the following information:
A 3 day fast will provide for the body’s purification and elimination
of toxins.
A 5 day fast will provide for the beginning of the recovery phase
and the restoration of the immune system. ;
A 10 day fast will provide for the prevention of many health prob-
lems and assist in combating disease.

Paul C. Bragg
Antalya, October 23, 2011
I will now introduce you to Paul C. Bragg, a man who fasted re-
gularly throughout his life,was still young at 95 years of age, and wrote
12 books in his extraordinary lifetime. After his death, his daughter
carried on his work, and continues to spread her father’s teaching.
Paul was born in the USA in 1881 at a farm. He finished his middle
school at a military school. He got sick when he was 14. The doctors
said he had tuberculosis. He returned to his father’s farm. His father
sent him from physician to physician, but within two years his con-
dition worsened. Finally they told him that nothing could be done
and that Paul would die soon. At that time he was 16.
In those days there was a nurse who came to the farm from Swit-
zerland for one year, as part of an exchange program. She told Paul’s
father, “There is a sanatorium high up in the Swiss Alps. I have seen
many patients with tuberculosis get well there. Let me take ou son
there. How can a 16 year old youth be left to die?”
The father accepted this proposition as a last hope for his son, and
sent him to Switzerland.
The head physician of the sanatorium, August Rollier, placed him
on vegetable diet that excluded many animal products. He applied
sunbathing in the morning and evening, and a four day fast at the fo-

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 Brage Books are
Gifts for Life!

BRAGG
THE MIRAGLE OF

Fasting 1s the ~
greatest remedy,
the physician
within!

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> Paul C. Bragg and
Jack LaLanne

Paul C. Bragg and his 106 year old

friend Roy White
urth month.
Paul had full confidence in the head physician because his condi-
tion had improved in four months. So accepted this suggestion and
for the next four days had nothing to eat, drank only water and con-
tinued to sunbath. At the end of the fast he felt improvement in his
health. He then followed the advice of the head physician carefully.
In two years he had become a fully healthy young man at the age of
18. This made him so happy that he decided to dedicate his life to the
health of others. He graduated from university majoring in health and
diet and completed his doctorate degree. He spoke at conferences
throughout America and the world. He brought thousands of people
to health through his applications and books. At the age of 95 he died
at Miami under a big wave while surfing. At his autopsy doctors said
all his organs were like those of an 18 or 20 year old youngster.
Paul Bragg said, “My body is ageless. No living thing can escape
death. But every human being can live according to the laws of nature
and extend his life while maintaining a fully healthy condition. Ever-
yone should do this for himself, his associates, his friends and his co-
untry. I believe that man has the right to live in good health up to 120
years of age and that he is obligated to accomplish this. I am in good
health 365 days a year. I have no pain in any part of my body. I am al-
ways lively and vigorous. I feel no fatigue. Man cannot buy health, he
can only get it with his own effort. You can accomplish this too.”
Bragg lived to see 12 grandchildren and 14 grand-grandchildren.
His book, The Miracle of Fasting, made number one bestseller in
Russia for 15 years. My English copy was the 47" edition. This was
the first book I read on the subject, through the recommendation of
my Azerbaijani friend Kamran Bagir. It was my first step on the path
of health and diet. The 80 books on natural hygiene I read after this
book in ten years have kept me going on the path of the fountain of
health. I could not get the right answer to my question “What is the

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cause of stomach gas and palpitation?” from physicians I went for two
years. In this book I found just the right answer. I tried it out and I
recovered. I am not a medical doctor. For this reason the book you
are holding is not a medical treatise. It was not written to compete
with modern medicine and physicians. It is a documentation of the
experiences of someone who found information on natural hygiene
at the age of 68 and who applied it. It does not contain abstract know-
ledge but concrete verities.
Here is what Dr. Tilden, who has been treating patients with me-
dicine for 25 years has to say, “For 25-years I have applied medical sci-
ence to patients. During most of this period I had no idea why my
patients got sick, why they recovered or why they died.”
After 25 years had passed, Dr. Tilden began to treat his patients
without drugs and through diet and fasting, which he has continued
to do for 30 years. Since then he has learned why they get sick, why
they recover and why they die.

Paul C. Bragg’s Reminiscence with Gandhi

Antalya October 24, 2011
When Paul Bragg learned that Gandhi will take a 21 day trip while
fasting, he decided to join him. Bragg gives the story in his book, The
Miracle of Fasting, “I received permission to accompany this amazing
man on a 21 day fasting trip eastward through India’s villages, where
he would talk with the people and help them with their problems. At
that time, the average Indian earned about 10 cents a day and starva-
tion was a way of life. To show he shared their plight, this saintly and
compassionate spiritual leader was planning to travel the dusty roads
from village to village on foot, without food, only water; for 3 weeks.
Gandhi was then 77 years of age and looked very frail in appearance.
But his looks were indeed deceiving! This man was a tower of strength
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and mental abilities were astounding to everyone!

“The trek began at sunup. The heat and humidity were the worst
I have ever experienced. I have spent time in some of the hottest spots
in the world, including Death Valley in California, the Sahara Desert
and across North Africa on an 800 mile bicycle trip in intense summer
heat. But never once did Gandhi seem to tire. Never once did he falter
in his brisk pace of walking. The only time he sat down was during
talks with the villagers. He would speak for 20 minutes, then answer
questions for 20 minutes. Then we continued down the hot, dusty
road to the next village. Gandhi ate nothing and drank only water fla-
vored with lemon and honey.
“Many who tried to travel with him fell by the wayside, suffering
from heat and exhaustion. But Gandhi was inexhaustible. I have been
an athlete and hiker all my life, but I have never seen anyone who had
the physical stamina and energy that Gandhi had. Each day he walked
and talked until sundown before stopping for a rest. During the 21
day fasting walk, I had many talks with Gandhi on the power of fas-
ting. Of all I learned from him, this statement seems to me the sum-
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BECAUSE MY BODY IF PURIFIED BY FASTING’
“Walking mile after mile from village to village, he gave the people
courage and hope that a better life was coming to them. His internal
strength and beautiful pure soul was so powerful that weak people felt
strong after seeing him and hearing his brilliant wisdom. He gave his
unlimited strength to the discouraged and the sick. He brought bright
light and love where there was darkness.
“Gandhi told the people to fast and purify their bodies and they
would find peace and joy on earth. Gandhi said, “THE LIGHT OF
THE WORLD WILL ILLUMINATE WITHIN YOU, WHEN
YOU FAST AND PURIFY YOURSELF.’
“This trip with the great Gandhi is an experience I will never for-
get! This physically small man was a spiritual giant. He led millions
of people to independence from the mighty British Empire without
striking a single physical blow. Yet, with all his power and influence,
he was completely without arrogance. Characteristically, on the day
of India’s independence, Gandhi took no part in the celebrations that
went on all over India; instead he spent the day in fasting and prayer
in his garden.”
Paul C. Bragg’s book, The Miracle of Fasting, which I read in 1999,
is the first book I read on fasting. After I purchased this book in Ame-
rica, a period of two years passed before I put it into practice and be-
came convinced on what I had read. What I learned about health was
so different and so contrary from what I had been taught up to then,
that it took me years to accept the errors of my previous views. This
is the most interesting book among the others I have read on the sub-
ject. He recommends nine doctors for health:
1- Doctor Sunshine 2- Dr. Fresh Air 3- Doctor Pure Water 4-
Doctor Healthy Natural Food 5- Doctor Fasting 6- Doctor Exercise
7- Doctor Rest 8- Doctor Good Posture 9- Doctor Human Mind.
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beginning of each month for three days, and for one day every week.
He explains the benefits of each of these nine doctors in his book
under a separate chapter heading. This book was published in Turkish
by IM publishers, went out of print and has not come out in a new
edition yet. I hope it will one day.
When Bragg was 23 years old and in the fifth year of his fasts, he
was on the 7" day of a ten day fast and while he was rowing his little
boat, he buckled up after having a sudden intense pain in the stomach.
He landed the boat with difficulty. He squatted down because of a
strong urge to defecate. He had a bowel movement and felt a cold and
heavy object being discharged. It was a bar of MERCURY, one third
the size of a water glass. It was derived from the drugs he had been
fed during his illness at the age of 16. He had been able to excrete it
from his body after five years of fasting. Paul Bragg mentions that after
this event he was able to attain to his full health.

Entries from My Diaries Kept During Fasting

November 22, 2004 Monday 1* day of fast
— For the last few days I have been feeling mild aches in my back,
waist and knees. This is why I started a rather long fast today. I inten-
tion is for one week. I rowed for 40 minutes with the indoor rower
this morning. I worked indoors the whole day today. I measured my
blood sugar with the new blood test device I bought today. It was 118.
This morning my bowel movement was normal. My blood pressure
is 14-7.
November 23, 2004 Tuesday 2" day of fast
-This morning when I woke up I had one glass of warm water with
half a lemon and half a teaspoon of carob molasses. I had four glasses
of water throughout the day. I had no bowel movement today. My
blood pressure is 13-7.
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 ~This morning I had one glass of water with lemon. The weather
is cold, there is a northeast wind. My blood pressure is 13-7. There
are noisy movements in my stomach and intestines.
November 25, 2004 Thursday 4'"day of fast
— I have feelings like I am about to have diarrhea in my intestines.
Today I had three bowel movements with mucus. This morning I
prepared and drank one and a half glass of water with lemon and half
a teaspoon of carob molasses. I had four glasses of water throughout
the day. My blood pressure is 13-7.
In the evening I phoned Ibrahim Emir the owner of IM Publica-
tions. He said that he was translating three out of the five books I sent
through the medium of Health Science Magazine. When he learned
that I was fasting, he suggested that I write a book on the subject.
November 26, 2004 Friday 5"day of fast
~Today I had another bowel movement. My blood pressure is 13-
7. Of the three cypress trees in the garden, the wire tying the middle
cypress tree to the bar at our window had snapped loose. So I tied it
again, despite the very violent northeast wind that was raging outside.
November 27, 2004 Saturday 6" day of fast
~This morning I had one glass of water with lemon and half a te-
aspoon of carob molasses. There was some sunshine at the balcony.
The northeast wind seemed to have calmed down. I laid down on the
lounge chair and slept a little. I had bowel movement with mucus to-
wards noon. I had five glasses of water throughout the day. My blood
pressure is 12-7.
November 28, 2004 Sunday 7" day of fast
—This morning my Azerbaijani artist friend, Kamran Bagar dropped
over on a visit. I offered him pomegranate and persimmons. I ate a
little and ended the fast. My blood pressure is 12-6.
In the afternoon I ate one grapefruit, one tangerine and orange with
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 At night I prepared a green salad (lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers,
avocado and barbecued eggplant and red pepper). I placed a single wal-
nut and two almonds on it. At night my blood pressure was 13-7. In
the week ahead I should gradually increase what I eat. It would be app-
ropriate for me to eat a little bit of cooked food at the end of the week.

The Last One Week Fast I Had

Antalya, December 23, 2011
Within the last ten years I had many fast, the longest ones of which
were for 21 days and 28 days. I am giving the diary entries of two one
week fasts. The first of these I already gave above was in 2004, and the
second one which I will relate below was in November 2011.
October 31, 2011 Monday 1* day of fast
— Today I got the new blood test results. People have difficulty in
freeing themselves from wrong habits. Now and then, especially when
there are tempting foods, there are days when I cannot hold myself
back against the 65 years habit of eating illness causing foods. For this
reason it is necessary to have blood tests every six months or every
year. In this way we can correct the mistakes we made by making the
necessary changes in our diet.
My cholesterol level which was 138 six months ago is now 220,
and my blood sugar which was 110 is now 130. For this reason I have
decided on a new fast.
Tonight I had only distilled water to drink. In 2006 I had brought
a water distillation set from the US. Since then I have been drinking
distilled water.
I laid down on the roof completely naked to sunbath. Towards the
evening I started the stove by burning logs. I am writing the section
on fasting for my book. I don’t feel hunger or fatigue.
November 1, 2011 Tuesday 2"day of fast
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the pool. I rested at the balcony under the sun. At 4 p.m. I burned the
stove. I continued to write my book on health. My blood pressure is
13-7. I don’t feel hunger or fatigue. |
November2, 2011 Wednesday 3" day of fast
—I got up at 7 o’clock in the morning. My blood pressure is 13-7.
I drank water with lemon. My urine is dark yellow and has an odor. I
am resting and I feel good. As I do not weigh a lot, am not exercising
so that I do not lose too much weight. I went to bed at 10 p.m. My
blood pressure is 13-7 at night.
November3, 2011 Thursday 4day of fast
—I got up at 6:30 a.m. my blood pressure is 13-6, blood sugar level
is 59. I had two glasses of water with lemon. I rested on the lounge
chair under the sun at the balcony. I drank four glasses of water until
evening.
There is a pomegranate tree in the garden, when the pomegranates
begin to crack I pick them,because that is when they taste the best.
Since there has been no rain for a month, I watered this tree along
with the orange tree.
450 meters from our house, the junction planned by the Western
Highway Project at the bridge that joins the Cakirlar road has been
moved to the east by the Department of Highways. For this reason,
our garden and house will be wrecked. I used to think that I would
live in this house with its 2500 square meter garden till the day I die.
If I do live, I have to move at this age. Though this event that will do
away with 30 years of work to build a home saddens me deeply, there
is nothing I can do about it. IT’S LIFE! With its negatives, and its po-
sitives life is a great adventure. Things do not always turn out as we
planned them.
I tell my wife that the great Ottoman architect Sinan built his grea-
test work at the age of eighty. If my health is in place, and I live to see
it, we will build our best house after two years.

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 Ayhan EYIKAN (Sitting at the far right) with relatives during holiday celebration

November 4, 2011 Friday 5" day of fast

—I got up at 6:30 a.m. My blood pressure is 12-6. I drank two glas-
ses of water with lemon. I laid down at the balcony under the sun. At
12:00, noon, I road my bike to the public disposal bin 2 kilometers
away, to throw away empty bottles.
November 5, 2011 Saturday 6" day offast
— I got up at 7:00 a.m. I drank one and a half glasses of distilled
water with lemon. I haven’t had a bowel movement in 6 days. Because
I felt slight constipation I did an enema with warm water with lemon.
I had a bath after the enema. I washed laundry by hand. I cleaned the
ashes from the stove. At 2 p.m. my blood pressure was 12-6, and my
pulse was 60. My heart and artery pulse is very strong. I feel good.
Tonight my wife Mahiye will come from our city house. Tomor-
row it’s the Feast of the Sacrifice and relatives will come to meet and
celebrate at the restaurant.
November 6, 2011 Sunday7" day offast
— I got up at 7 in the morning. I drank two glasses of water with
lemon. At 9 a.m. my blood pressure is 11-6, and pulse is 60.

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 Today is the Feast of the Sacrifice. We meet up with relatives in
the first day of every holiday and celebrate. We went to the Zula Fish
House at the Doyran village for lunch. Because I am fasting I had my
fish packaged and placed it into the freezer when I got home. Even
though I had nothing to drink but water for the past six days I drove
my brother Ilhan and his wife. My relatives were very surprised that
I could still drive despite the 6 day fast. They said it was impossible.
Towards evening, I visited our friend, Fatma Bagir, who had an
accident, and we exchanged holiday greetings; then we went to Hik-
met Ozkék. He was my schoolmate from the Bolu Teacher’s School.
At 9:00 p.m. we returned to our country home. At 10:00 p.m. we went
to our city house. We spent the rest of the three day holiday there.
November 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2011 Sunday 7“end offast
—Iended the fast at November 7, 2011. I had very little raw food
at the 7 and 8". At the 9° of November I increased the amount of
food a little. Icame to our country home at 11 a.m. on the 10" of No-
vember, Thursday. I ate only fruit until the evening. At night I had a
large bowl of salad with lightly cooked broccoli. Towards evening I
rode my bike to Duraliler Village to buy greens, tomatoes, salt of
lemon and rock salt at the village market, because tomorrow Mahiye
will come to salt and cure the olives that Osman Copkur brought.

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PROPER THOUGHTS, HABITS

AND PRACTICES
At the Age of 79
PROPER HABITS AND PRACTICES OTHER
THAN DIET AND FASTING
Antalya, December 2011
Positive Thinking
There are two “reams of thread” in life. One of these is a positive ream
of thread, and the other is negative ream of thread. If you pull a posi-
tive thread, all kinds of positive things will unwind in life. Whereas, if
you pull the negative one all kinds of negative things will unwind.
Our attitude towards life is the same. We should try to find positive
aspects in all negative events in our life. The attitude we take towards
negative events in our life, is closely related to the psychological
trauma they inflict on us. Our blaming outside influences or others
for negative events prevents us from learning from these situations.
Every unfortunate event carries a lesson for us. The price we pay for
it is the price of that lesson. We must seek to find our faults and short-
comings in such events, and to see that they are not repeated. As long ©
as we blame others, we will repeat the same mistakes and experience
the same negative events.
In one of our Sunday treks at the Taurus mountains, when I was
discussing this subject, one of the friends came up and said, “Teacher
so you say, but in some situations it is impossible to find a positive as-
pect. To give an example, I lent someone money, he didn’t pay back.
How can I see anything positive in this?”
I replied, “There is a positive aspect in this situation that you can
derive a lesson from. In this way you will learn to whom to lend, and
to whom not to lend. The money that you lost is the price you paid
for the lesson. If you know how to learn from a lesson, then you will
better decide who you can lend to. Everything in life is part of an ex-
periential journey. If we can learn from our lessons, life is an extraor-
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 There is acommon mistake that all of us often make. We make de-
mands from our wives, husbands, fathers, mothers, relatives, and fri-
ends based on our expectations. Let me put it simply, we say, “I did
this for him, so he should do that. I told him this, and he should have
answered so. I gave him this, so he should give me that.” This type of
thinking is one of the fundamental reasons for our unhappiness. To
give without seeking something in return, is one of the main sources
of happiness. Get rid of thoughts of what others should give, say, or
do for you. Expect nothing from others. Let what they give suffice for
you, be happy with what you get. Don’t fuss and say he never called
me. If you miss him, you give him a call. Do not say I am older; Iam
the one who should be called. Even if he is younger in age, you call
him, you go to see him. Do not act according to your expectations; act
as you please but with affection and tolerance. Do not scold anyone,
do not criticize. See not their negative sides, but their positive ones and
react to it. There isn’t a person without positive sides to them.
Do not hold a grudge against anyone. Don’t be cross with anyone.
Don’t be jealous of anyone, if you are envious of them, try to be like
them. Malice, enmity, hostility and anger harm us rather than the per-
sons they target.
Be ever prepared to forgive others. Live the serenity, richness and
relief that forgiveness and tolerance bestows to the soul. He who forgi-
ves is always greater than he who holds a grudge. There are few issues
that cannot be solved with love and tolerance. Feel boundless love for
every living and nonliving thing in the universe. Give your love to and
talk to plants, trees, flowers, animals, insects, birds, fish and everything
in the world. If you give unconditional love to others it will return to
you in multiples. Do not see yourself as superior to other forms of life,
but as one of them. Whatever value an ant or turtle holds in the uni-
verse, accept that you hold the same, so swallow your pride and be hum-
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not forget that you are a very small part of nature and the universe.
Death is not the end, it is a chemical change. See the rightness and
beauty of natural laws. Know that as chemical matter you will live on
in other life forms. Death is nature’s compensation for what it gave
us throughout life. A living organism pays this price with death. There
is no immortality, there is transformation, and the beauty of nature is
in this transformation.

JEALOUSY AMONG BROTHERS AND SISTERS

It is natural for an older child to be jealous of his younger brother or

sister. This jealousy and jealousy between children due to other rea-
sons can be minimized. If wrong methods are used while raisig a child
jealousy can reach to vast proportions. I would like to relate to you an
event that I experienced that will serve as a good example. While visi-
ting a friend I noticed that their 12 year old girl was extremely jealous
of her 1.5 year old younger brother. I asked her, “What would you
like must to happen if your wish would come true?”
Without hesitation she replied, “I’d like Mehmet (her 1.5 year old
brother) to vanish.”
Such a degree of mercilessness is unseen in nature. Children have
been known to kill their brothers or sisters because of this type of jea-
lousy, which is a product of wrong child raising practices. In the event
of this kind of jealousy, children should not be allowed to stay alone
for long periods, as it may be dangerous.
The easiest way to bring such jealousy to a minimum level is to treat
brothers and sisters as if they were twins, regardless of age differences.
To continually point out that one of the children is older gives the im-
pression that the younger child is privileged. Older children who are
told that the younger child needs special treatment because the child is
younger, develop a grudge against the younger child. As this grudge ac-

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 cumulates jealousy increases, and will eventually reach the stage I just
~ described where the older child wishes the younger child would no
longer exist. Let me relate an event I experienced with my own children
as an example. I bought a tricycle for my two year old daughter to ride
in the house. When my son became two years old, he began to ride it
too. One day when his six year old sister was about to ride her tricycle,
my son pulled the tricycle and said, “I am going to ride it.” I know that
in such situations many families will say to the sister, “He is little, you
are older.Let him ride it.” But instead I told my son, “Your sister was
first, you can ride it when she is finished.” The quarrel was finished.
My son waited until his sister was finished riding the tricycle. So I trea-
ted them both as if they were the same age. Because my wife and I app-
lied this method throughout their childhood, jealousy between them
was practically nonexistent. The older sister used to enjoy feeding the
younger brother with a bottle, and help him out in every way with plea-
sure. Never solve any dispute between children by pointing out that
one of them is older, and one of them is younger. It serves no other
purpose than increasing jealousy. The older child will also lose respect
for you, and you will have difficulty in maintaining authority.

TOILET TRAINING AND CLEANLINESS

Antalya, October 7, 2011

If children are taught in proper toilet training and cleanliness at an
early age, it will.remain with them for the rest of their lives. These
habits should be given by the time they are 8 or nine years of age. If
the mother or father cleans up the bathroom after the children, they
will not get this valuable lesson. Even if they reach the ages of 10-15
they will not fully clean after going to the bathroom. Then the parents
will angrily complain and clean up the mess themselves. They will say
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them to clean up. The reason for this is not the fault of the child, but
the wrong training of the parents.
Once children begin to enter the bathroom by themselves,whether
or not they leave it clean should be supervised. If they have left it dirty,
then you should bring them back to the bathroom, and show them how
to clean up by doing it yourself; and tell them without anger or humilia-
tion, “this is how you should clean up before you leave.” Next time have
the child clean up while you watch. Remind them of their omissions
with an affectionate, gentle and tolerant tone of voice. It may take a long
time to give children a habit in cleanliness that iscomplete,even years,
but it will become a lasting habit. If you angrily shout at your child, and
scold them pointing out what a bad job they’ve done, you will not only
reduce your chance of success, but diminish the humiliated child’s love
and respect for you. You will have more difficulty establishing commu-
nication with your children. The love of children is instinctive. If this
love becomes exaggerated rather than natural, then the child will become
spoiled. The method to follow in child raisin is to show them respect. If
you show them respect and show that as individuals they deserve as much
respect as you do, an excellent bond of love and authority will develop
between you. You cannot build this bond by shouting, accusing, and hu-
miliating them. This golden rule in child raising is applicable not only
for toilet training and cleanliness, but for every good and right habit.
Child raising is the art of giving good habits to children. If we apply
the right methods we can be successful in this art. If we show our
children respect without spoiling them, their love and respect for us
will be lifelong. Iam one ofthe lucky fathers that have this joy.

THRIFT, EXTRAVAGANCE AND GENEROSITY

I want to start this topic with a story. Once, there was a very wealthy
man. Two men paid a visit to him, in order to get donations for a cha-

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rity foundation. The rich man’s daughter tried to light a cigarette that
one of the men pulled out of his pocket. The rich man told his da-
ughter not to light the cigarette with a match, but with a piece of coal
burning in the fireplace. The men seeing how tightfisted the man was,
got up and decided to leave, without asking the rich man for anything.
The rich man said, “Hold on a minute, don’t be in a rush, please let
me know why you are here.” One of the visitors told him their pur-
pose with embarrassment, and explained that when they witnessed
the way in which the cigarette was lit, they lost hope and decided to
leave without saying a word. To their surprise the rich man offers
them an unexpectedly large donation, and says, “If I had not saved a
match that would burn unnecessarily by considering it wasteful, I
would not have been able to offer you this large sum as a donation
today. I can now afford to be generous because of my thriftiness.”
So dear readers, to burn a cigarette with coal is thrift, to use a match
when there is coal is extravagance, and to donate is generosity.
To leave a light on in a room that you are not using, not to fix a
leaky faucet, not to use food purchased timely, to throw away a morsel
of bread or food, to talk needlessly long on the telephone, not to pay
water, telephone, electricity bills in time with the thought that paying
a few cents more would not matter, throwing away items that can be
fixed and buying new ones, throwing away clothes because one is fed
up with them, too fill closets full of clothes, shoes, etc. because of ex-
cessive concern for fashion is wasteful.
In spending money you should be thrifty towards yourself, and ge-
nerous to others. This is one of the foundations of happiness. Because
the giving hand is better than the taking hand. Throughout history,
the counsel of wise men has been in this direction. Whether what we
give is physical or immaterial, our happiness is greater than the person
who receives it. This is true even for animals. If you love a dog, it will
be happy. The dog will seek your affection whenever it sees you. The

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love of the animal for you will make you happy.
Thriftiness provides for the realization of the great aspirations in
our lives. It raises our standard of living. It prevents national and world
resources from being depleted through excessive use. It provides for
us to make new investments. It increases our confidence.
The concept of thriftiness is not objective, it is subjective. Everyo-
ne’s right standard of thriftiness is different. Nearly everyone claims
they are thrifty, and not extravagant. I have never yet met anyone who
says, “I am extravagant and wasteful.” If the philosophy behind the
story I related above is understood correctly, then it would be easier
to understand how thrifty or extravagant one is.
Extravagant people generally regard thrifty people as cheap. They
say that such people do not know how to use their money. Everyone
claims that they spend their money in the best way. Extravagant people
always have their eyes on the money of others. They are happy when
they have money, and unhappy when they don’t. They claim that their
earnings are not sufficient for them. They say that their pay is not ade-
quate compensation for their labor.
In view of this, thriftiness also affects our general health. It is es-
pecially a significant factor for our psychological health. It gives us
confidence. It increases our joy of life. It provides for us being in peace
with others and ourselves.

CLEANLINESS, TIDINESS AND TEMPERAMENT

Antalya, October 8, 2011

Cleanliness and tidiness are important both from a physical and a
psychological sense. For example most people who are depressed find
it difficult to perform these. They do not succeed despite their desire
to do so.
Individuals living with others in a house, neighborhood, city or

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country are obligated to be clean and tidy for others. Individuals that
make up a family, parents and children should leave areas and items
they use in a clean and tidy. Children should be brought up to make
a habit of these. For anyone to leave things dirty and untidy is as if
they are saying that they are not obliged to clean up after themslelves.
“This is how I am,” they seem to proclaim, “There are others in the
house they can clean and tidy up.” This attitude is even widespread
between husbands and wifes. Generally, the husband considers that
it his wife’s duty to keep things clean and tidy. Whereas, cleanliness
and tidiness is as much the husband’s duty as it is the wife’s. Children
should be brought up with this understanding according to their age.
Everyone has the same degree of responsibility. To do the opposite is
disrespect, arrogance and selfishness towards the other members of
the family. It is against the principle of the equality of individuals.
Individuals have the right to reprove those who leave things dirty
and untidy. It is not right those people who are reproved in this way to
consider this as denigration. They should clean and tidy up the areas
and items that they have left dirty and untidy without making a face.
Furthermore, they should thank those who remind them. Because cle-
anliness and tidiness is not an attitude, it is a habit. Wrong habits have
to be corrected. Everyone in a house should take shared responsibility
to perform household chores. In this way, respect, love and understan-
ding between family members will affect the health and well being of
all family members in a positive way. It will be a great influence in their
becoming physically and psychologically healthy individuals. Chores
that should be done on weekends should be planned according to the
age. Chores that are planned together in this way will facilitate voluntary
participation. Their confidence will increase, and their personalities will
develop. It will prevent their becoming freeloaders. Someone who lives
alone and does not like to clean and tidy up, has the right to live as he
pleases in his home. But no one lives with others reserves this right.

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CONSLUSION

Dear reader, if you have read this book carefully up'to here, then you
have learned why we get sick, what kind of diet we should follow not
to get sick, and if you get sick how you can get well again. You have
become informed. Now the time has come to gradually put the in-
formation into practice. This is a long and difficult path. There is no
need to hurry, get anxious or panic. Think of becoming healthy as
scaling a ladder with a hundred rungs. You will climb the stairs step
by step resting on the way. |
I have been climbing this ladder for twelve years now. I can say
that I am at the middle, that is, the 50 rung. The hundredth rung is
the ideal goal. Maybe no one reached it yet, and never will. But every
step you take will take you closer to that goal. While you climb this
ladder, there may be times when you slip and fall back. It is not im-
portant, you must keep going on. Do not lose hope because you made
a mistake. Even though I have been on this path for twelve years, now
and then I still go wrong. But because I have sufficient knowledge, I
pull myself together and go on. When I eat wrong or excessively I hear
my body’s voice. It tells me where I went wrong and warns me. The
best thing to do in response to these warnings is to reduce or stop ea-
ting. If you remember and apply this essential key, you will not need
to go to a doctor or take medicine. You will assist your body to do its
job, it knows what to do and will recover your health.
Don’t forget that you can rid yourself of the first symptoms of sick-
ness by not giving your body anything, and by drinking only water. If
you eat without getting hungry, just to have a meal, your body will be
angry with you. If you wait until you are hungry, your body will thank
you. The hunger should be real hunger, not toxic hunger. Your health
complaint can go away in a short time with this application, but this
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a long standing chronic illness, you cannot gain full health with a fast
lasting for a few days. In such a situation, you may need to take a pro-
longed fast. In fasts lasting for more than three days you will need the
supervision of an experienced medical specialist. Otherwise, there may
be serious problems as a result of your wrong applications. Iam of the
belief that in the years ahead the number of medical experts trained
in fasting and diet will increase.
Do not read my book like a novel and leave it aside. If you read the
book several times to fully comprehend what diet and fasting is about,
you will get better results. Let it be by your side all the time. As you
read, underline all statements you find significant. When necessary
reread these underlined statements, and in your applications reread
the relevant parts of the book.
Eating wrong and excessively creates chemical changes in the brain
similar to those created by alcohol and cigarette addiction. Trying to
stop excessive eating will trigger withdrawal symptoms. To get free
from wrong food addiction is just as hard as freeing from alcohol and
cigarette addiction. Therefore the road to success begins with the de-
sire to free oneself from addiction. When you truly wish to, you can
succeed in anything.
When you follow my recommendations and see your physical and
psychological health improve and you gain a sense of well-being, you
will start to tell your friends, relatives and acquaintances about it and
try to encourage them accordingly. You will desire them to benefit
from the fountain of health that you discovered. Everyone who finds
this fountain does. At first I too did this. But then I saw that those
who were not curious did not benefit much. That is why I now exp-
lain it to those who ask and want to learn. There is no use in trying to
persuade those who are not interested and do not ask. You would be
trying in vain. The best way to be useful in this path is to provide a
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 by it, they will ask for your help. Only then you can help them. Ot-
herwise, you will be wasting your time and energy. Explaining the
harm in bad food habits is similar to trying to explain the harm in al-
cohol and cigarettes. Since what you have to say will fall on deaf ears,
you will become an unwanted person for them.
No matter how they feed themselves, show affection and tolerance
to everyone. Respect their eating habits, do not criticize or quarrel
with them. Love opens all doors. Love everything in nature, hug the
_ universe, and perceive the sacred in all things. Never forget that you
_ are part of nature. Smile so that everything in the universe will smile
back.
With my best wishes for success, health and happiness in your life,
Ayhan Eyikan, 2012

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From My TODOSK Photo Album
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Comments from the Salad Brotherhood (Salata Kardesligi)
Facebook members concerning Ayhan Eyikan’s book The Foun-
tain of Health:

Prof. Dr. Namik Kemal Baran - 82 years old (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon)
Ankara
The Fountain of Health is a scientific health book from someone with no medical
training. This book reveals to us new information that we are unfamiliar with.
The fact that Ayhan Eyikan has rid himself from all his health complaints through
these methods stands before us as living proof of a scientifically verifiable nature
of their effectiveness.
All of us, including us physicians, should read this book in order to usher in a
new age of health.

Comments of Cemal Kozakli - 52 years old (Antalya Businessman) Antalya

My dear friends, even though | have not applied this diet in the strict sense,
my initial weight of 100 kilos has gone down to 77 kilos. |had many illnesses, and
now thank God, | not only have no health problems at all, but |am bursting with
energy. It's so wonderful. 4 years ago | met with brother Ayhan by coincidence, |
had questions on my mind and there was no one around me that had tried the diet,
so |felt alone and started out in fear. Brother Ayhan helped rid me of all my ques-
tions and fears. He gave me support and encouragement. He showed me that |
was not alone in this quest for transformation. |will always be grateful to brother
Ayhan and managed to convince many of my friends. They too rid themselves of
illness by choosing to adopt a healthy diet. So if anyone wants information on this,
| advice that they read brother Ayhan’s book, which he wrote with our persistent
persuasion. it is an extraordinary book. |thank those who set up this group. Now |
am not alone in this path. Everyday there is an increase in friends who apply this
knowledge. If we continue to grow in this manner, | think the drug industry will
have cause for worry. Dear friends, health comes before everything, without it noth-

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ing can be done. Please share this knowledge with all your loved ones, let them
not be shut up in the confines of hospitals. Let them not be subjected to drugs that
are foreign to their bodies, and have numerous unknown side-effects. Let them
avoid the risk of cancer.
My dear friends, in all your days, | wish you the best of health

Cemal Zerepcan - 46 years old (Antalya Coast Guard Commander, Military Reserve
Officer, TODOSK, Taurus Natural Sports Club Board of Directors Member) Antalya
| received brother Ayhan’s book with his signature on the 10" of November,
and that evening he offered me a salad he prepared. Ever since then |have adopted
a healthy diet. It is not a weight loss diet, but a health diet. After 45 days, my initial
weight of 84 kilos-was reduced to 75 kilos. With this diet |feel healthier and more
energetic.

ismail Bektag - 55 years old (Musician, TODOSK, Taurus Natural Sports Club Guide)
Antalya
Dear friends, |received and read Brother Ayhan Eyikan’s book Fountain of Health
two months ago. | started to adopt a healthy diet (according to the list of health
foods on page 23) consistent with the principles set forth in the book.
| start off the day by drinking water with a squeeze of lemon, and about two
hours later |have an egg dish with lots of vegetables on the pan (and a small piece
of whole wheat bread) as breakfast. At noon | have as much fruit as | please with
a handful of nuts (hazelnut, almond, walnut etc.). At night | have a large salad with
lots of greens and plenty of fruit. Before sleeping | have a herbal tea with lots of
lemon. As a result |sleep better at night. |feel much healthier and more energetic.
|would recommend Ayhan Eyikan’s Fountain of Health book to everyone.
Note: | have not tried the fasting section of the book yet..!!!

Cemalettin Sik - 60 years old (Antalya Bar Attorney - TODOSK, Taurus Natural
Sports Club Mountain Climbing Guide) Antalya
* Dear friends, | read Ayhan Eyikan’s book, “Fountain of Health” about two

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months ago. | adopted the health diet suggestions in a radical manner. | start the
day off with a glass of water with a squeeze of lemon. Towards noon | have some
fruit and as much raw vegetables as | please with a handful of nuts. At night, not
later than 8 p.m. | have a large salad and occasionally have fruit. In the first 15
days |had improvement in my prostrate, my major health problem. After one month
| had lost 6 kilos. |went to the bathroom less at night and slept comfortably. After
three months my prostrate complaints were significantly reduced. |had some pains
at the joints, now they are all gone. At the end of the first month and second month
| fasted (with only water with a squeeze of lemon) for three days and for seven
days at the end of the third month. Even though | did not try to lose weight, | had
lost a total of 10 kilos. The body regulates itself to its ideal weight. Now | climb
mountains with great ease and without gasping as before. | get more taste and
smell from what | eat. | no longer feel hungry when | don't eat as | used to. |feel
no desire for cigarettes, and will stop smoking soon. | used to drink Nescafe with
milk, now | have stopped taking it entirely. | take very little animal products, in-
cluding dairy products. | used to love cheese, but now | don't eat it.
* Meanwhile | have obtained about 120 “Fountain of Health” books and dis-
tributed them to people. Many of the friends and acquaintances who obtained the
book from me have adopted major changes in their eating habits and it makes me
happy to see them improve their health and lose weight.
My friend Hasan Ali Saygi (from the Serik Karadayi province), a prolonged user
of medicine for high blood pressure stopped using drugs in the first week of the
diet. In one month he gave 6 kilos of weight and continues to do so. Now he walks
with greater ease and has a cheerful view of life.
* My friend Cemal Zerepcan, TODOSK, Taurus Natural Sports Club Board of Di-
rectors Member, who has no health complaint, made a radical change of diet and
lost 10 kilos of weight in one month. There is no longer any sign of his slightly pro-
truding belly. He used to run up the mountains, now he practically zooms up. We
can never catch up with him.

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Sedat Miiniroglu - 56 years old (Sun Express pilot)
Dear Salad Brotherhood Members,
|owe my introduction one month ago to Borther Ayhan’s path of health partially
to coincidence and partially to my friendship to our dear friend Cemalettin Sik, who
sensed my probable potential. Meanwhile | should not omit to say that | owe lots
and lots of thanks to Cemallettin. About a month has passed since | made his ac-
quaintance at a TODOSK trek which also concluded with may meeting with brother
Ayhan. During this time | read brother Ayhan’s famous book The Fountain of Health.
|then proceeded to give away 15 to 20 copies to friends and acquaintances. Some
of them decided to join me in following this path. | have also had the opportunity
of looking into e-books sent to me by Cemalettin through e-mail.
During this period | applied the health diet method to the extent of 70-80 %.
Now |would like to share with you some of the positive changes | obtained in this
period.
Due to my occupation, | am obliged to undergo periodic medical check-ups.
Though | have no health problem, my cholesterol level read a total of 243 in April
2012 at my last check-up, my bad cholesterol level known as LDL read as 172. So
after this one month duration of dietary change, without waiting for April 2013, after
Brother Ayhan’s suggestion, | had a blood test at the Medical Park Hospital by an in-
ternist. |explained my change of diet to the internist during the check-up. The internist
was rather alarmed at what |told him and decided to test all the blood values other
than just cholesterol levels. After receiving the results of these test | revisited the
doctor. My total cholesterol read 211 and my LDL had dropped to 147. My other
blood values were quite good. The doctor said there was nothing he could say and
that | should continue whatever diet |was doing. |told him that |would send him a
gift of brother Ayhan’s book once |get a copy, since |had bought the last copy from
the D&R bookstore (during this period |had not paid a visit to brother Ayhan from who
|could have obtained a copy). The doctor said he would accept the gift with pleasure.
Other positive changes that | had observed during this time are:
| lost the 5 kilos that | had gained within the last 5 years.
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 |feel more energetic then before.
Some of these can be explained as psychological due to increased motivation.
But weighing scales and blood tests do not lie. Like a friend they tell the bitter truth.
The most radical change | made was against the big lie told to us about the
need for a strong breakfast by substituting it with one or two glasses of water with
a squeeze of lemon. Sometimes | would mix a dessert spoon of honey with it. |
made salads and vegetable purees. | reduced the amount of alcohol | consumed
both in quantity and in drinking per week. | disregarded sugar and salt. | changed
the axiom “olive oil is good for you” to “olive oil is less harmful.” | arranged this
eating habit so that it would not upset my social life, by observing the balance of
“good - harmful.” In this way |am not obliged to follow a strict diet.
The most difficulty |had was when | answered questions when trying to pass
on this knowledge to friends, such as:
If we don't consume milk and milk products where do we get our calcium? How
can we get rid of our craving for cheese?
lf we do not eat meat and animal products where do we get our protein?
Olive oil cannot be harmful.
What about the advice eat everything but eat little (this last one is the most in-
nocent of the lot).
When answering such questions and objections like those above, sometimes |
feel exhausted. For this reason |am all the more grateful to and congratulate Ayhan
Eyikan for the patience he has shown for such a long time while explaining all of
these to us. Yes. There is definitely a need for serious change in our well known di-
etary patterns. It makes it difficult for a member of a household to apply this diet
without their sharing the same attitude. The duty falls here to the applier to patiently
explain and teach the diet to the other members of the household.
In conclusion, |would like to offer my warmest thanks to brother Ayhan for giv-
ing us the key to happiness and health at the midpoint of our lives.
Wishing you the best,
Happy New Year

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Comments from the readers of the Turkish copy of The Fountain
of Health:

ismet Tagkale - 75 years old (Retired English Teacher) Ankara July 15, 2012.
When Ayhan Erikan was a top bureaucrat at the TRT, Turkish Radio Television
he was forced into an early retirement after a faulty surgical operation. He visited
one doctor after another. He took all kinds of medicine and had several operations.
But he did not get well. ’
Not being put off by all this adversity, Eyikan studied more than a hundred works
from the USA on the relationship between diet, fasting, and health. Now Eyikan is
like a 79 year old healthy young man completely freed from illness. On top of it all,
he is a member of a mountain climbing club for the Taurus Mountains of Antalya.
Eyikan has compiled his experience and knowledge in his book “The Fountain
of Health” written through the insistence of his friends, including myself.
Before this book was written, Ayhan talked to me about some of the information
and applications. It was due to these talks that | completely changed my eating
habits years ago. Now |too am a 75 year old healthy young man. For this reason |
recommend the book, “The Fountain of Health” to everyone.

Recep Elmas (retired inspecter) 60 years old, Ankara August 22, 2012
| am phoning from Ankara. | got your book two weeks ago. | had a bypass op-
eration seven years ago at the age of 53. Despite this | was unable to acquire
health. | continued to take medicine. As | read your book | began to make small
changes in diet. Eve3n in such a short time |began to feel improvements in health.
If |had read this book before my operation |would not have gone through with it.
Your book, “The Fountain of Health” has been the turning point in my life. | offer
my warmest thanks.

Bilent Siirekli (Jeweler) 30 years old, Antalya, November 3, 2012

Two months after reading and applying the Fountain of Health, | lost 6 kilos.

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After three months | lost 18 kilos. My weight went down from 95 kilos to 77 kilos.
|have felt a visible increase in vitality. | now feel ten years younger. It is wonderful
feeling to EAT UNTIL YOU ARE SATIATED and LOSE WEIGHT and to BECOME
HEALTHIER at the same time. My friends ask me what | am doing when they see
the changes |am going through. |tell them that it is through applying the informa-
tion in this book and that they should obtain it and do the same. Thank you very
much brother Ayhan.

Metin Aksoy, 71 years old, Antalya November 18, 2012

|met with Ayhan Eyikan during the TODOSK (Taurus Natural Sports Club) treks.
During our talks | became aware of the mistakes in my diet and began to correct
them. Before this |did not believe there was relationship between diet and health.
| used to eat in a way that | believed was correct. Despite this | suffered certain
health complaints. |have placed /he Fountain of Health at the bedside and started
to adopt predominantly a vegetable diet and a raw diet. As |began to comprehend
correct knowledge, | began to better learn what perfect health is all about. Today
|have no health problems. |am now 71 years of age. |feel like a young man of 30.
Meeting Ayhan Eyikan has been the most significant opportunity of my life.

Ahmet Cot - 47 years old (Restaurateur) Antalya December 8, 2012

It is not possible for anyone that reads and applies Ayhan’s book to get sick. |
changed my diet of meat, cheese, and cooked food to a diet dominated by vegeta-
bles, fruits, nuts and raw food and thereby rid myself of illness. My blood sugar
went down from 225 to 90. My cholesterol level and weight became normal. |was
delivered from depression. |feel like |am reborn. For this reason |am reading your
book over and over again and progressing on the road to health. |recommend “The
Fountain of Health” to everyone.

Nihat Turan’s letter - 70 years old. Antalya November 22, 2012

“Man is a creature of habit”
This attribute of man, habits and conditioning has persisted from prehistoric

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times to today in all social groups and walks of life in various degrees. Habits and
conditionings have been injected to our minds by political regimes and interest |
groups without our knowing. When it comes to food products and health, giant ||
food and cigarette corporations see humans as guinea pigs existing to fill their cof-
fers, and use the commercial media to instill in our minds craving for their products.
On the other hand, teachers of correct diet are few and relatively ineffective. Med- |
ical practitioners that are pioneers in correct diet in the USA and Europe exist even |
though few in numbers. We must congratulate Ayhan Eyikan. He shares all his
knowledge and experience with everyone with his book 7he Fountain of Health. |
Personally he shares his diet culture and:philosophy with his trekking companions |
at the TODOSK Natural Sports Club that we go to every week at the Sunday moun-
tain treks. i
|think that this is the first and only book of this sort to come out of our country |
on dietary culture and fasting with lemon water.
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The Fountain of Health
The Fountain of Health tells the amazing story of a man without any medical
training, who found the cure for all illnesses without medicine or surgery, and
gained perfect health, youth and vitality at the age of 79. The book offers a
step by step guide to better living through proper nutrition and fasting. It
explains why we get sick through wrong food and eating habits. Many who
have read the book have completely changed their lives. The book is
corroborated with scientific evidence and the findings of pioneering natural
hygiene doctors and experts.

“This book presents us with knowledge for attaining a healthy life distilled
from Ayhan Eyikan personal experience. Patients of mine to whom | have
passed on this knowledge have come to me with thanks after experiencing
the happiness of having restored their health without the use of medicine or
surgery. Their happiness gives me great satisfaction. This book is not only an
optimum nutrition - natural diet book, but holds the key to the happiness of
a 79 year old young man.”
Dr. M. Erdem Memetoglu
Cardiovascular Surgery Specialist

“Ayhan Eyikan, has been a member of our club for ten years, his endurance
and superior physical performance in our daily treks and climbs has served
as a living example of proper nutrition, effectively influencing many of our
“members to restore their health. It is my belief that this book which also
contains pedagogic information should be essential reading for everyone. |
congratulate him on his valuable efforts.”
President Ahmet Simsek -Antalya
Taurus Natural Sports Club (TODOSK)

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