by

H. E. Kl RSCH NER, M.D. ,-

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 Copyright 1957 by
H. E. KIRSCHNER, M.D.

Thirty-Ninth Printing November 1991

Published and Distributed by

H. E. KIRSCHNER PUBLICATIONS
P.O. Box 361
Monrovia, California 91016
Introduction I I
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E ACH one of us in this life has had a different set of

experiences and so we should, as much as possible,
profit by the experiences of others if ,ve are s111art. You
might say that ,-ve are the surn of our experienl:es, the
people we have met, the places we have been, the books
we have read, etc. ad infinitum. So it is difficult at times
to be broad minded enough to listen to other people's
experiencesJ especially ,-vhen they differ so much from
our own pet ideas, habits, custorns. Some one once said:
''People are ah,vays do,vn on things they are not up on."
How true - ho,v foolish, too. If "experience is the best
teacher" ,,vhy not listen to the experiences of Dr. Kirsch-
ner, ,vho has practiced his profession for over fifty years,
very successfullyt in a ,vay that is quite different from
the average genera] pract.i ti oner. This could be fascinating.
perhaps frustrating at first, hut I assure you a rewarding
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experience.
So long as ,ve look at disease as being due to the
presence of something, a ger1n, a toxin, a virus) \Ve can
not conceive that disease 1nay be due to the ahsence of
something, and yet more and tnore 1nedical n1en are
becon1ing alvare of ,,,hat ·we call deficiency diseases, the
accepted ones being beri berL rickets, pellegra and
scurvy. If these diseased sta.tes are due to deficiencies of
certain protective food factors (or vitamins), \\'hy not
many other diseased states and syndromes. Just so long
as ,ve look for specific drugs to cure specific diseases,
we ,-vi11 be looking for panaceas - people must learn
that as a rule they are not victin1s of sorriething that
comes from the outside_, but, usually they are the offending
culprits because of ·what they put or fail to put on the
in.ride of their bodies.

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4 Live Food Juices

I fully realize along with Dr. Alexander Bryce ·who

said this: .. Nothing offends patients moTe than to interfere
,-vith their habits of life, their desire is to break every
kno\vn law of nature and ivhen they get sick they accept
complete absolution in a bottle or t,vo of medicine -
they merely l4r'ant to be patched up sufficiently so they can
go right back to their former habits of self indulgence
in its various forms." Dr. Victor Heiser said: "Habit
1\Tith him ,vas all the test of truth - it must be right
I've done it since my youth.''
rm sorry folks, that is uot the ,vay you either build
or main rain or regain your heal th. Good health is an
achievement - there are certain things you have to do
about your daily habits of living and eating. Just in
proportion as you do the good things, you ,vill attain
and maintain your physical future, your health, positive
health, not merely the absence of disease. It is ,vorth
\vorking for - Dr. K.irschner supplies you ·with a lifetitne
of valuah]c experiences - profit by tl~e1n.
It has been 111y good fortune to see severa] of l)r.
Kirschner>s patients - I have talked to thetn, cxan1ined
their mouths1 teeth) bone and gums. I think I know
\vhat a healthy 1nouth looks like -- fvc been looking
dolvn in the n1ouLh for over forty years and I sa\v health,
radiant health ,,vhere disease had been. The n1outh is a
barometer of health. I have many patients in my o\vn
practice \"·ho have follo,-ved good daily habits of living
aud 1 assure you there is no other lvay to positive health
and a complercly healthy hotly.
''Tirne is the essence - It's later than you think."
FRED D. MILLER, D.D.S., F.I.C.D.
Altoona, Penna.
Contents I I I

Introduction by Fred D. Miller, D.D.S., F.I.C.I). - 3

Contents 5
Fore,vord 7
Health - A Personal Responsibility - 13
The Function of Current Nutrition - 19
A Golden Nutritional Discovery - 25
Therapeutic Use of Carrot Juice - 31
The Story of a lvfodern Miracle - 37
An Amazing Case History - 43
Leukemia Arrested \rVith Ra,v Juices - 49
Arthritis Responds to Live Juice Therapy - .~ I
Essential l\,finerals for Body Building - 55
Chart - 1\1utritional Contents of Important Juices 60
Vitamins and Their Sources ~ 63
Recommendations for Use of R.a\V Juices • 75
Carrot Juice Therapy Restores Ancient Canine .. 81
Raw Food Juices I-Ie1p Restore Failing Eyes . 89
Papilloma ''ictim Given One Year to Live - 95
The Voice of Experience 105
This Question of Protein • 1I I
The Body Beautiful 117
Green Drink and Museli Recipes - 119
Postscript 120

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Foreword I I
•

T HE 'TRUTHS contained in this book have been in

the process of accumulation foT the past filty years~
,vhen the author studied the ,vritings of a nurnber of
authorities on the subject of nutrition, and accepted this
advice about maintaining good health - NO 'White llourt
NO ·white sugar, NO tea or coffee, and :No alcohol or
tobacco. Ho,v ,veil this has paid off is shown by the
present good health of the ,vriter at the advanced age
of eighty.
Ho,v many of you readers realize that man is the only
animal that eats most of his food cooked? In prehistoric
times, before man invented the "art'" of cooking, the
diet consisted largely of natural, raw, healthful foods -
fruits, grains, nuts and vegetables. According to the
Biblical record those early "pioneerst' lived to be nearly
a thousand years old l They picked their f oocls fresh
from the orchard and garden, and ate them RA \V. Can
,ve today profit by their cxan1ple?
During the past fifty years there have been rnany
nutritionists who have been calling our attention to the
value of R~~ W FOODS. But it is hard for rnan to g·ive
up lifc]ong practices and ,vrong habits of cating even in
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the face of the mu] titudinous diseases so com1non today

in the human race. According to one 1nedical authority,
"l\1ever has culture been so advanced and complex as
in our tin1e, and never has there been so 1nuch 111en tal
disease, crime, insanity, and degeneracy!'' Is natural food,
unspoiled by processing and cooking the answer to our
problem?
Some thirty years ago ,vhen ft·iends of mine ,i,:ere
traveling in Europe, the husband \\ as taken very i]l in
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Zurich, Switze1·land. They inquired about a physician

and ,vere advised to go to the Bircher-Benner Sanatorium
in that citv.
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8 Live Food Juices

The patient at first had some difficulty with the ra1v

foods and juices ,vhich made up the treat1nent; but \.Vhen
all the poisons were e]iminated from his body he made
a very satisfactory recovery. On his return home he
made me a present of a little booklet which described
the method of taking the raw fruit, and the preparation
of the vegetable juices. I became deeply interested in the
therapeutic value of ra,v fruits and vegetable juices from
my study of this little booklet.
Last year I i,vent to Zurich, Switzerland, and enjoyed a
stay at the Bircher.Benner Sanatorium, and observed the
ivonderful results from their methods of treatment of
disease. Since this little book deals with the miraculous
lifegiving force contained in fruit and vegetable juices,
I want to quote from a book by Dr. Bircher•Benner -
"The Essential ~ature and Organization of Food Energy,''
published in 1936.
"Absorption and organization of sunlight, the essence
of life~ takes place almost exclusively within the plants.
The organs of the plant are therefore, a kind of biological
accumulation of light. They are the basis of what \Ve
call food, whence animal and human bodies derive their
substance and energl'. Nutritional energy may thus be
termed organized sunlight energy. Hence sunlight is
the driving force of the cells of our body."
This theory of Hsunlight valuest, of food is supported
by natural science and by experiments. I quote from the
late Dr. l-:rile of Cleveland, Ohio, who told of "the
striking example of physical property in living organismsJ
,vhere radiation ,vas demonstrated not only by photo•
graphs, but recorded by means of a photo-electric cell/'
These observations have led our scientists to a ne,v
insight into the nature of FOOD ENERGY. Since both
animal and man take food chiefly as a source of energy
- this original food then conveys the energy of sunlight
as organized by life.
 Foreward 9

In the past ,-ve have thought only in terms of calories

in food. No,\T l•Ve have a far greater essential to consider.
The ra",; fruit and vegetable juices contain this sunlight,
and have been proven adequate for the RESTORi-\ TIOI\'
of a diseased body to a condition of HEALTH.
This booklet wil1 reveal to you ,vhat I have observed
in recent years in the treatment of degenerative diseases
through the use of fresh, raw juices. Much of the food
eaten today has been so processed that little of value is left
to keep our bodies in good condition. The raw juices are
the LIFE BLOOD of the vegetables, and contain the
vital enzymes and digestive factors so important to keep
our bodies in a healthy condition.
In his book, ' The Ne,v Food Therapy," Dietician
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Hans Anderson has this to say about raw vegetable juices.

From page 23 I quote:
uSorne practical experirncnts were described in the
American Journal of Physiology) showing that nnv vege-
tables require no digestion in the ston1ach compared
l'7ith cooked foodstuffs, and that they remain in the
stomach but a short ti111e, similar to fruits. Ra'l\~ vege-
tables, moreover, pass through the syste1n largely as
bulk, and arc not fcrrnentative, as are cooked foodstuffs,
including vegetables. From such raw materials ,ve receive
LIVE FOOD minerals and vitamins unchanged by
heating. LIVE VF.GET ABLE JUICES similar to those
extracted from fresh fruits, require no work on the part
of digestion, but are absorbed directly into the blood and
are utilized by the weakest stomach."
Thanks to science and invention, today ,ve have ma•
chines that make it a simple process to obtain the frcshJ
raw juices from our vegetables ctnd fruits. These are in
the form of juicers and liquifiers.
='Jearly every day I am asked to explain the difference
benveen a ujuicer,. and a "liquifier." When you liquify
fruits or vegetables, you get the whole fruit or the whole
10 Live Food Juices

vegetable, including the cellulose and the pulp. With

the •~juicer" the solids are eliminated, and you have the
pure, concentrated juice only, containing the life-giving
principles so essential in restoring our health.
Someone has aptly said: "You wouldn't think of
eating a table full of raw vegetables - but your system
may be starving for the minerals, vitamins and enzymes
contained in a table full of raw vegetables I" By reducing
that table full of life-giving vegetables to JUICE ,ve have
the answer to our problem. A good, reliable JUICER,
therefore, is a gold mine investment in health.
The foregoing facts are emphasized by such v.rell~
known authorities on foods as R. D. Pope, M.D., and N.
W . Walker, D.Sc., in their book "Raw Vegetable Juices,H
as follows: UTo overcome the deficiency oE live organic
mineral salts in the human bodyJ an abundant use of raw
vegetable juices is es~ential because the digestive tract
cannot assimilate the volume of bulk otherwise required
by eating raw vegetables and fruits in sufficient quantities~
As it is the ch em is try of the individual that 1nakes him
1-vhac he is; both 1nentally and physically, the copious
intake of ra,-v vegetable juices will so re-chemicalize the
body that NATURE will take care of the elimination of
disease and the regeneration of the cells and the tissues.~~
This book has been written with only one purpose in
n1ind - to share with you some of the remarkable experi-
ences ,vhich through the years of my medical practice have
transforn1ed so many patients from sick, almost hopeless
individuals, into happy, healthy tnen and women.
H. E. KIRSCHNER, ~I.D.
CHAPTER ONE
"THERE IS NO QUESTION THA.-f
THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION
SHOULD BE EDUCATED TO CON ..
SUME MORE OF THE NATURAL
FOODS - AND TO STOP THE USE
OF SO MANY UNWORTHY SUBSTI-
TUTES. TODAY FOLKS ARE REALJz ..
ING THAT THE BEST MEDICINE IS
FOOD!"
- Royal S. Copeland,
U. S. Senator, from New York.
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H, C. WHITE PHCTO

To guard against the hazards of malnutrition in her familyt

this young mother is shown giving her two children their
daily ration of fresh, raw carrot juice. For the thrilling
story of these youngsters, and their fight to conquer
leukemia, see pages 49 and 50.
Health-A Personal
Responsibility
H O\V LONG before we learn that. ,ve have the ~:nne
responsibility to,vards our bodies as the owner oj
a con1plex piece of machinery ,vho must make sure it is
correctly adjusted, lubricated, and in every ·way SA.FE-
GU . A.RDED? Often rnen are inclined to blatant boast-
fulness. '':\:fy health is GOOD! 1~here is nothing ,,:rong
with :VIEr' That jJerson lives in a fool,s paradise! ()lten
very successful men, very intelligent tnen in all other
respects, ignore their I IE . AL TH needs.
There ,vas the case of an erninent Ia,vyer ,vho dropped
dead at lorty-eight. Fained far and ·wide for his kno,vledge
of precedents and staultest this so-ca1led '\vise rnan '' paid
a h'.)o] utel y no attention to his circu]atory sys tern and heart
n111scJes, and the nLitritional rcquircrncnt.s of the sarne,
Heart dii;casc is the g-rcat killer. 1\pproxirnat.cly fifty per-
cent of its victin1s die in the first attack. The survivor",
learning tbroug·h the devastating- agony of tha L first
attack, the penalty of i ncliffcrcnce and ignora nee, often
recover and e11joy tt(ffina] life for years~ but only tln-ougb
a strict adherence- to the sound principles of correct
nutrition.
Research reveals that pyruvic acid in the blood s.trean1
is gretttly incTeased \vhen there is a deficiency of Vitan1in
B- l, w hic:h slows the action of the heart 1nuscle to even
one-half its nonnal rate. Present clay nutritional knowl-
edge en1phasizes the importance of a daily consurnption ol
liberal quantities of veget.ah1es and fruits - t,vo or three
pounds a day being one of the best ,vays of obtaining
adequate amounts of B-1.

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Calcium> potassium, sodium and magnesium are vitally

important to correct heart action. It is a well kno,-vn fact
that heart muscle may be kept alive for hours after re-
moval fron1 the body if supplied by circulation of blood
or lymph adequately furnished ,vith these vital elen1ents.
It is predicted that in a large n1easure, when nutri•
tional knowledge is widespread ONLY THE IGNOR-
A~T \VILL BE ILL. People ,vill be as careful in
selecting their food as they will in selecting materials for
their homes. The house is built once, but human bodies
are being constantly rebuilt.
Quoting a famous nutritionist: "It is now authorita-
tively established that by the simplest kind of diet
correction, 90% of the tooth decay is preventable, and
theoretically speaking I 00% preventable. Also in the
same manner, at least 5070 of the so-called 'medical dis-
eases' can be prevented or brought under control. The
type of diets associated with dental degenerative diseases
is ~in1ilar to those associated with the so-called 'medical
diseases· such as arthritis, arteriosc1erosis, etc."
At the Governors' Conference, October 15-16, 1951 J

Dr. l\lichael J- \Valsh, well-known Hollyn1 ood Nutri-

tionist, made the following thought-provoking statctnent
in his speech at the State Capitol in Sacramento. I quote:
"It is utterly hopelesst as well as catastrophic, to wait
until disease happens and then furnish medical personnel
to deal ,vith it by treating symptoms - especially since
there is growing evidence that degen era ti ve disease is
preventable before it happens. The most important
{actor in the whole scheme of prevention is l\lUT RJ.
TION.n
Dr. Robert fvlcCarrison, speaking of a race of people
in the remote Himalayas, living on what we ,vould call
a 'restricted diet'J observed: ''Magnificent physique - Jong
life - unusually stable mentally- have no cancer - no
heart disease - no rheumatism - no tuberculosis. A very
 Health} A Personal Responsibility 15

frugal diet - vegetables - apricots - goat's milk - NO

l\-lEAT, except on feast days." These magnificent pcopJc
are sometimes referred to as The HEAL THY HUNZ,\S:'
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Vitamin "C" complex including P and K in some

niysterious ,vay is the uglue,, which holds the cells of
the tissues together. 'rotal disintegration results ~vhen it
is withdrawn - the blood vessels collapse. The process by
which gristle becomes bone is halted, the nervous system
becomes disorganized; there is a breakdo-wn of the walls
of the lungs; connective tissue disintegrates; little pools
of stagnant blood are formed; bones soften because the
process of calcification is halted; bacteria attack the
organism. No resistance to tuberculosis results.
Approximately saturation is necessary to avoid such
tragic consequences, - as pointed out by Dr. Rose in
."Foundation of :Nutrition/ page 27 3 and Dr. Sherman's
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"Chemistry of Food and Nutrition!'

lvlany people speak of food as "fuel'' for the engine.
As we have previously pointed out food does have a similar
function in the body as fuel in the engine. It is a source
of Ef\ER.GY. It is also the material from which the body
is REBUILrf - every portion of the body including the
bony structures is in the process of wearing out, Dis-
integration and rebuilding a.re as NATURAL as day
and night. Therefore foods must constantly furnish the
elements of which the body is composed.
,vhy then, as intelligent people, do we not inform our-
selves of these simple "facts of life" and supply ourselves
with the con1ponent elements of the human body?
NOT TO KNO\V YOUR BODY REQUIREYIE~TS
AND SELECT YOlJR FOOD TO M.EF.'r THESE
REQUIREMENTS IS TO GAMBLE "\VITH YOUR
MOST PRECIOUS POSSESSION - IIEALTH.
Dr. ~1cAlester tells us that "Science now offers to those
who will use the newer knowledge of nutrition greater
vigor and a high level of cultural attainment."
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Let me repeat: Every part of the body from. the toes

to the hair on your head is constantly rebuilt. Loss of hair
and teeth as ,-veil as a failure of the heart n1uscle points
to one inescapable conclusion -- faulty selection a.nd utili-
zation of food. Either carelessness or ignorance on this
vital subject is SUICIDE!
Scientific kno,vledge is available to all - and the
function of every food is so clearly understandable that
to blunder on this point is inexcusable. vVhat are the
material things of life ,vorth if you lose )'Dur health?
'\·Vhat satisfaction is there in a beautiful home, or a
Cadillac in the garage, if high blood pressure or hyper-
tension make every clay a PERIL? \Vhat ,vealth or material
comfort can compensate for tortuous nigl1ts of arthritis
pain, or the sloiv degeneration of tuberculosis?
BETTER S.:'\FEGUAllD YOIJR 1-IE.A.L~~H -
IT IS \'OUR GREi\-fEST TREASURE lN TI-IIS
\.-VORI.D!

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\:\le squa11der Hcalc}1
In search of \-V cal th,
vVe ~chernc and toil and save;
Then squander \Vealth
In search of I-Iealth -
_And all vve get" s a g;rave.
\Ve lh·e and boast of ,vhat ,ve O\vn,
vVe die, and only get a stone. n
CHAPTER TWO
"OF ALL THE MEDICINE CREATED
OUT OF THE E~t\RTH, FOOD IS THE
CHIEF."
- Sir Roberl McCarrison, M.D~
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1v1ary Arena uf E.;;:::ond1do Californ1a proudly displays

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some cf ··Unclf! Ph~r.~'' organ1ca1ly-grown produce at !11s

popular Ho:::ids1-':ie .I't·Iark2t'' on Highway 395.
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The Function of
Correct Nutrition
B EFORE vVE go any further in our study, we should
do some clear thinkingr and come to an understanding
of the function of CORREC'T' NUTRITION, and the
function of l\:IEDICINE.
l\fedicine in its practice is designed to meet an ex-
tremity - combat disease, destroy bacteria and virus, kill
the killing disease. Then it must rely upon :\' A TL1 RE,
using all the means at its disposal to REBUILD
HEALTH.
In many cases, and, in the vie,v of leading Bio-chemists,
who are the leaders and instructors of our doctors) rnost
diseases are traced either directly or indirectly to POOR
NUTRITIOI\", or UI\BAL.A.NCED NUTR.rrI01'.
The antiquated idea that the use of foods is only to
provide energy, keep us ,-var1n, and enable us to ,vork an<l
play- overlooks the most in1portant necessity of ouT
bodies in these days of strenuous living.
As ,ve have indicated in the preceding chapter, parts
of the body arc constantly aging - ,vearing out - and
must be rebuilt. Not an entire part at a time being cast
aside, as a ivorn-out bearing in a motor - although this
actually happens ,vith such items as hair and teeth. These
are perhaps minor losses: but REAL ,.rROUBLE co1nes
when the heart muscle or an important gland wears out!
Proper nutrition supplies energy not only to the brain
and 1nuscles, but must also provide the "building blocks''
to restore the \vorn-out cel1s of every part of the body-
thus constant]y rene,ving its very structure.
A.uttiorities tell us that ,vhile food provides these
"building blocks" in the form of protein or energy from
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20 Live Food Juices

sugars or starches; in order to utilize these elements we

must have an abundance of vitamins, minerals- and en-
zymes. Certain vitan1ins are kno,vn today. but many are
yet unknown~ but ALL AR£ NECESSAR Y. "All these
precious 1ninerals and vitamins are tound in a balanced
utilizable form in vegetables. All doctors agree that we
need raw green and yellow vegetables in far great.er
quantities than any of us consume.
Dr. Henry Sherman, who is ,videly quoted by medical
men and nutritionists , and who is perhaps the ,vorld's
greatest authority on the vital subject of foods, states:
"\Vhen nutritional knowledge is sufficiently wide-
spread, people will consume up to three pounds of green
and yellow vegetables and fruits daily." And then he
adds: dThe fvlORE the BETTER!'~
\Vhy shou}d we get our vitamins and minerals from
ra,v vegetables and fruits in preference to any other \Yay?
You need much raw food daily in the diet. vVI-IY? Be-
cause the enzyrnes are produced by the glands from food
elerne11ts, and good health is itnpossible when the
enzyn1c producing glands atrophy. l--Ieed this important
fact. The elements from ,vhich enzyn1es are produced are
destroyed at 126 degrees Fahrenheit. You need much live,
raw food daily in order to supply the glands with a reserve
ol these essentiaL. vital cle1nenrs.
'\!VHY USE JUICES? Why not just eat the raw
vegetables? .As ·we have indicated in the previous chapterl
for optimal health you need iar 1nore than you could
possibly eat. 'fhe stomach just couldn't handle that much
bulk. T'hen too,. if 1nodern research is correct, the power
to break down the cellular stTucture of ravv vegetables,
and assi1nilate the precious ele1nents they contain, even
in the healthiest individual is only fractional ~ not 1nore
than 35'}-.,.0 and in the less healthy, down to 1o/f;.
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In the form of juice, these same individuall, assirnilate

up to 92 7h of these elements. 'The juice of the plant, like
 1.. he Function of C orrecl Nutrition 21

the blood of the body contains all the elements that build
and nourish, It is a "'tvell-known fact that all foods must
beco1ne liquid before they can be assimi1atcd.
It is also an established fact that 1nany of the ele1nents
of the plant can be obtained by eating the ani1nal that
lives on the plant; that is if ,ve eat the glandular part of
the animal in which these precious food elements are
stored. But as you can readily see, that method is getting
our minerals and vitamins and enzymes ''second-hand'' l
\Vhy not eat the plant that builds the body structure of
the animal? Ra,v fruit and vegetable juices enable us
to do just that, and we get our vital elements in their
entirety - unchanged and unspoiled by cooking.

FDOIJ FOR THOUGHT

The in1portant role of rninerals in our effort to 111,dn ..
tain optimal health is emphasized in a recent report rnade
by Dr. 1··om Douglas Spies at the Annual l\Jceting of the
American ~Iedical .A.ssociation as follo"t-V'S:
H.AH diseases are caused by chcn1icals, and all diseases
can be cured by chemicals. All the chen1icals used by the
body (except for the oxygen ,vhich we breathe and the
water ,vhich we drink) are taken in through food. If we
only kneu,1 eno11gh) all diseases could be f1revented, and
coulrl be cured_, lhrough proper nutn:tion. . . .
"1\s tissues beco1ne damaged, they lack the chen1icals
of good nutrition, they tend to become old. They lack
what I call 'tissue integTity.' There are peop]e of 40
whose brains and arteries arc senile. If ,ve can help
the tissues repair themselves by correcting nutritiona]
deficienciesJ \o;e can make old age wait."

Dr. RisserJ noted Pasadena Bone Specialist states:

··1NFAl\1 TIL.E PARALYSIS can be prevented by a diet
rich in vitamin c:•
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Dt. Norman Joliffe, in making experiments ,vith five

lJ.ealthy volunteers, found that after only four days without
Vitamin B-1 electro-cardiograms showed the hearts ·were
abnormal.

British Report on Juice Therapy

The British Government, having assumed the respon-
sibility for the people's health, is relying upon every
means that is successful to obtaining that end. Therefore)
they have made ample tests on the value of vegetable
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1u1ces.
Herein are the facts ascertained by the "Ministry of
Health and Public Health Service Laboratorf' of Great
Britain. ,vhich set forth that to obtain best results, juices
should be used immediately as storage losses "'·ere gTeat.
~The sources of the essential amino acids, the cell
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building factors, are destroyed by heat and processing

and not obtainable in foods thus prepared; juices, there-
fore, are the only means practical to get these rebuilding
factors.
nJuices are valuable in relief of hypertension.,. cardio-
vascular and kidney diseases and obesity. Good results
have also been obtained in rheumatic, degenerative and
toxic states. Juices have all-around protective action.
Good result~ can be obtained in large amounts up to one
Jitre daily in treatment of peptic u]ceration, also in treat-
ment of chronic diarrhea, colitis and toxemia of gastro
and intestinal origin.
"The high buffering capacities of the juices reveal that
they are very valuable in the treatment of hyperchlor-
hydria. Milk has often been used for this purposet but
spinach juices, juices of cabbage, kale and parsley were
far superior to milk for this purpose.'' (Acting as a sort of
gyroscope in balancing the alkali and the acid condition
of the system.)
CHAPTER THREE
''LEA \TE YOLTR DRUGS IN THE
CHE~JIST'S POT IF YOU CAN HEAL
THE P.-\. TIEI\'T lVITH FOOD! 11

- Hippocrates, the Father of Aiedicine.

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UNICN PACIFIC R.A!LWAV P.H □ TD

California carrots by the armload - soon to be trans ..

:formed into "liquid gold" - are helping to "re-build"
sick bodies and bring them back to more abundant health
and renewed joy of living.
A "Golden" Nutritional
Discovery
W HEN the ,vriter ,vent off to Medical College sixty-
one years ago, he was a sickly young man of eighteen
years. He had ,vorked hard earning money to go to
college. He had suffered much from stomach trouble,
,vhich 1ater on developed into a duodenal ulcer and
necessitated an operation at the Mayo Clinic.
Having this ill health at college, the ,vriter read every
book he could find on health and diet, and final1y found
the plan outlined in the Fore,vord, plus a diet containing
plenty of fruits and vegetables and little meat.
The author no'\-v finds that he enjoys better hea]th, and
is in better physical condition than any of the fevv sur-
vivors from his medical class of fifty-seven years ago.
The great value of fresh vegetable juices was again
brought to my attention by a Mrs. Hogle, of Salt Lake
City. This ,voman had been ill for a long time, and had
consulted many physicians for an ailment of her stomach
accompanied ,vith feeble digestion and other intestinal
complaints. ~

The advice given her ,vas to eat nourishing foodt after

many efforts ,vith drugs had failed. One day there ·was
a rap on f\.frs. Hogle s door and an elderly man asked her
1

if he could interest her in some fresh carrot juice, telling

her ho\v his health had been restored through its use.
l\-1rs. Hogle \vas desperate enough to try anything, so
she arranged for this man to deliver his fresh carrot juice
to her each day. It ,'\-"as not long before her digestion and
elimination improved, and she became interested in help-
ing others by devising a machine to cut up the carrots by
electricity, and a press with which to extract the juice.
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26 Live Food Juices

Later ont Mrs. Hogle ca1ne to California to v1s1t

relatives, and v.rhen I showed an interest in using the
juice to treat tuberculosis patients, she presented n1e \ 4,dth
one of her machines. I had a gardener ,vho gre\.\7 carrots
for the market, and every day 111y helpers made large
quantities of carrot juice, ·which I used very successfully
in treating not only tuberculosis, but other chronic
ailments.
Then came the climax to my interest in this ne,v '"·ay
of treating illnesses that failed to respond to the use of
drugs. I ,vas placed in charge of some 200 tuberculosis
patients for the County of Los Angeles. (Olive \'ie\v
Sanitorium - Outside Service.) The daily diet of these
patients consisted largely of macaroni and spaghetti and
other starches and over~cooked food.
Some of these patients had spent nine long years on
their backs ,vith very little progress toward recovery. I had
a small ranch \Vhcrc I grew alfalfa, parsley and spinach.
Every day the leaves o[ these greens were juiced, and a
glass of this ··green drink" daily soon changed the progress
of these patients to that of recovery. In fact patients w·ho
had been considered hopeless were able to be out of bed
in six to eight months. With my private patients, where
this mixture could be combined with fresh carrot juice
the improvement was even more rapid.
Another outstanding ~tease history,. that deepened my
interest in the life-giving qualities of fresh, raw carrot
juice, ·was that of :\fr. B. of Oregon. Having some business
in Northern California, I decided to g·et from Mr. B
firsthand the details of his dramatic experience with the
use of carrot juice, for I had heard much about this
man during the preceding year.
Upon reaching ?\1r. B's hon1et I found him to be a
1

man of sixty-four years. Although he ,vas born in Texas,

he had lived for t~venty•three years in Baltimore before
 A "Golden'' Nulritional Discovery 27

coming \Vest to Oreg·on ten years ago. His family ,-vas

short-lived. Mr. B's father died at the age of forty, and
his mother at sixty-four. He had three brothers, all of
whom are dead; also a sister ,vho died of cancer at the
age of forty-five.
Mr. B's illness started in 1918. However, for so1nc
fifteen years prior to that time, he suffered with terrible
pains in his abdomen in the region of his stomach. He
was treated by many physicians for stomach trouble, but
medicine did not seem to reach his ailment .... In I 948
he passed blood in his urine and suffered from a breaking
out of ,varts on his head.
Inasmuch as he ,vas a newcomer in the city ,vhere he
was living, N1r. B asked several people to give him the
name of a good physician upon whom he might call. They
all reco1nmended the sa1ne one .... The physician 1vhom
he contacted 1nade no examination, merely questioned
him - then burned his warts with nitric acid, and for
the bleeding told him to take three or four drops of
turpentine on a spoonful of sugar three tirncs a day. The
bleeding stopped for the time being. But in two months
the bleeding started again, and the sa1ne treatment was
prescribed.
After seven rnonths, Mr. B ,vent to another physician,
who, upon hearing his story, sent him to a specialist in
a neighboring city. Following an examination, the spe-
cialist advised an operation on the next day, to ,vhich
Mr. B agreed. A growth, which proved to be cancerous.
was removed from ~fr. B's bladder.
Four months later, another operation was performed
on this man, and some radium seeds \\ierc implanted in
his bladder where the growth had been removed. Then
three months after the irnplanting of the rc1dium seeds,
he ,vent to a veteran's hospital. The physician ,vho now
treated him told l\tlr. B's wife that if he lived the year
out, he w·ould be fortunate.
28 Live Food Juices

I saw a photograph of Mr. B's left kidney ,vhich was

removed in 1949. The picture showed that the kidney was
enlarged to twice its normal size, and at least a· dozen
areas of cancer could be seen on its surface.
Up to the time he started drinking vegetable juice in
195 I, l\,f r. B had gone through some forty operations and
examinations of his bladder. In health, this man ,veighed
183 pounds, but a short time after going to the hospital
and being operated on, his weight was down to 128
pounds - a loss of 55 pounds.
At first 1\,fr. B drank only a glassful of carrot juice
a day, and he didn't see any beneficial results. But in
1953, ""·hen he increased the amount to two quarts a day,
he noticed marked improvement in his strength and
health. Soon he was able to start ,vork selling juicers. His
wveight increased to 155 pounds - a gain of 27 pounds.
Nov: at the age of 64, Mr. B never has a coldl and for
one ,.,'"ho ,vas so ill for such a length of tin1e, he en joys
remarkable vitality, full capacity for work, and enjoyment
of life.

WHAT AMERICA NEEDS

Senator Thon1as C. Desn1ond, of Ne,v York. l\:fen1ber
of the Joint Legislative Co1n1nittee on N utritio11, de•
clares: H1-\n1erica desperately needs leadership in the fie1d
of NUTRITION. - Teach us ,vhat 1\'e need to kno,\1
about our Diets. ·strengthen our FOOD that it n1ay
give its strength to ourselves and our children.' is the
prayer of the American people."
CHAPTER FOUR
·'NO PHARl\ fACIST WILL EVER
1

COMPOUND A PILL, PATENT MEDI~

CINE OR DRUG THAT CAN COM-
PARE IN CURATIVE VALUE WITH
THE \ 1ALUE FOUND IN UNCOOKED,
PURE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE
JUICES.''
- The Joy of Living.
,,.
·~
REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENT ... Photograph at left shows patient at beginning of carrot juice regimen
when her weight was less than 65 pounds. Center picture was taken five months later, weight had increased
to 94 pounds. Photograph at right shows patient as she is today with normal weight of 135 pounds.
Therapeutic Use of
Carrot Juice
FRO:i\-1 n1y reading of old health books I find that the
use of carrots and carrot juice as a therapeutic agent
is an ancient practice. A book published in Germany in
1840 speaks highly of the healing properties of this golden
vegetable in treating disease.
The strong antiseptic qualities of carrots ·was referred
to in various English publications. And many years ago
the great Professor l\fetchnikoff made the discovery that
the stool of rabbits fed on carrots lost its odor and had
become free from putrefactive germs.
There are health resorts in Europe where patients are
fed carrots three times a day in some form, as part of their
treatment. J\;f iraclcs of Tcstoration follow in the lvake of
this simple therapeutic agency.
Recently the following remarkable ·'case history" ca1ne
to my attention, lvhich confirmed the work that I did
t\venty years ago in treating tuberculosis patients ,vith
alfalfa~ parsley~ carrot, and other juices.
\Vhen calling on a friend near my home I was asked
to visit a place \\'here carrot juice ,vas being made; a
large an1ount of ,vhich was delivered by a local dairy to
its customers.
The friend wanted to knolv if the juice ,vas being
produced under sanitary conditions, and if I could
recommend its use after learning ·where the carrots ·were
grown and the care that was taken in deaning them and
processing the juice.
My visit ,vas a great success. \Vhile visiting the p1ant
I learned tvhy \1r. and Mrs. X were engaged in their

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present work. Their breath taking story is Ii ttle short of

miraculous.
1\·f rs. X vvas born in California in 1911. She had spent
1nost of her Jife on a farm; but had never cared for milk.
Her fan1ily, like so many other rural American families,
lived on starches (refined), fried potatoes and fatty meat.
Fruit ,vas a luxury. She ,~las married at the age of sixteen.
and from then on had better food.
After an automobile accident, approximately eighteen
years ago, ~1rs. X's nearly fatal illness started. "\-Vithin a
fe,v days she became subject to nervousness accompanied
with a severe attack of jaundice.
I saw by records of her illness in I 94 l at a well-kno"vn
clinic, ,vhere a diagnosis of gall bladder disease ,,vas made,
and that she had lost sixteen pounds. She did not improve
with extensive medication, and became so ill that she
was placed in a Sanatorium ,vherc she had intravenous
medication for three ,;-v-eeks.
In spite of all that could be done, Mrs. X continued
to lose ,veight, and at one tin1e vornited for twelve days
with an additional loss of twelve pounds. Her weight)
normally 135 pounds_. was no"v below 65 pounds. 1,he
diagnosis of splenic leukemia had been made by three
different physicians.
Becoming desperate, Mrs. X consulted a \Von1an
who had studied 1nedicine in Europe, and ,vho had a
thorough training in the use of raw fruit and vegetable
juices in the treat1nent of disease. This wo111an clain1ed
she had been cured of cancer by carrot and other juices
after medicine had failed.
Before starting on the carrot juice diet the patient
(l\.-lrs. X) had no control of her bowels for one year. Her
condition 1-,;as so desperate that she could only take the
carrot juice by the spoonful. Gradually it ·was increased
to an eight-ounce glass every twenty-four hours. Finally
she \Vas taking one gallon of juice per day!
 J"herapeu tic CJ se of Carrol ] ui,:e 33

No other liquid food or 111edication passed :'vi rs_ x·s

lips for eighteen n1onths! During· the firsL two n1onths
she had a storrny ti1nc ,vi th reactions - he1norrhag-es
fron1 Lhe bo-wel.'.\ 1 and other alarn1 i ng sy1npto1ns - and
NO G.AIN in ,veig·lu. Then all at once the co11rse of her
disease n1iraculously changed, and she gaine<l 011c pound
a ,veek steadily until her nonnal ·weight of 1:15 pounds
was reached. (See acco1npanying photographs.)
Anothe1· .))-Illpto1n that had bothered her a great clca 1
before starting· the carrot jujce therapy was arthritic p;1ins
in her joints. She could not e\'en use her hands. ·rhis
condition rapidly clisappea red with the i111 pro\TtnetH in
her general health.
Her first solid food after eighteen n1on ths on carrot
juice ,vas 1iq nified peaches (ripe fron1 the tree) , H.. on1aiHe
lettuce (only the juice), celery, pears, elates, and honey.
Now her cliet consists of carrot juice all day, a11d at t er
work 111 the evcni11g a large s:t1:td of raw , cg·ctah]cs "it.h
avocado. sunflower or sesa1nc ~eeds, or a t e-w n t1 t ,.
For the past n inc a11cl a ha It years the patient has been
working· hard from nvelve to sixteen hours per day, and
on her Jcct (.'011:-.t.dtHJy. Iler health is perleLl~ ancl :-ihc
has been free Irotn colds.
'\Vhen one can eli1ninate a serious condition that took
o\·er Len years to develop, sin1pl y hy drinking carrot juice
o\·er a period of eighteen 11101 Hhs, th i ~ hc,i 1th 111eLhod
certainly deser\'es Lhe attenLion o[ the n1edical profession_
H ,uts A.ndcrson, noted dietician. tells the story of ~1
wo1nan ·who al the age of se\-enty-nvo was suffcTing fron1
Gt.ricer of t.he abdo1ncn. Rccause of her adYanced age she
had been looking fonvarcl to an early graYc. J,\Ve ,\·ere
requested to ;idvise her what to cat. ,ve inforrned her
that in cases of advanced tissue degeneration the only
biological approach would he for a rejuvenarion and
rcco11stn1ction of the entire bei11g. For this purpose, live
34 Live Food ]-uicej

food juices had proved to be a ,vise n1eans for the infusion

of new life and strength into both blood and tissue.
The case under consideration accepted our plan for
0

rejuvenation through a system of feeding on live food

juices and ,vholc fool'htuffs. 1 . . he woman n1ade a splendid
recovery, and i~ still active at the age of ninety-four!"

MORE FODIJ FDR THOUGHT

Dr. Rhinehart, University of California, states
";\J"E,ARLY E\tERYONE TAKES HIS HEALTH FOR
GRA.l\TED. 11
Those ,vho become hopelessly ill
• • •

exc1ai1ned a short ,vhile before: 'I am healthy - my heart

is strong·. 0 n beco1ning i 11 they wa i1: 'I \VO ul d give any-
1

thing in the \,;orld to get my health back!' "

Burdenson1e, excessive fat so harmful to heart and

kidneys, is the rcsul t of \ 1i tan1in f)eficicncy. Starches and
sug·ar!-i are not t1ansf onned into cnerg-y. 1\ Jong lv3istline,
scienLists infonn us, 1neans a shortened life-line. 1\ VOID
OVER \VEIGH'I':

'
1
.It is a safe rule to increase your fruits and vegetables
and juice~ and cut down on your starches and sweets,
rnilk, and n1eats, for g-ood health and longevity," says
Dr. Lloyd C. Shanklin.

"Since we are part of Nature, and suhject to her rules

and la,vs, we ought to he observant of her rr1ethods iu our
search for Truth and the ans,vers to our problems."
CHAPTER FIVE
··1◄ 0R I:\-!Pi\R TING \ 1IT ALITY AND
BUILDING UP RESIST.A.NCE ·ro DIS-
EA.SE, R~I\.\-V JVJCES HAVE :XO EQUAL,
..~~D SHOULD FOR~f PART OF THE
DA..ILr· DIET.A.RY OF YOUNG AND
(JLD ALIKE."
- Lawrence Armstrong_.
Furnaus Australian Food-Scif:ntin.
 II... •="

No. 1 . . . Child at two and one-half

years, unable to stand alone and weighing
only 161/2 pounds.

No. 2 ... After approximatel y 10 months on No. 3 ... Iv[iraculous change in youngster's
rav.· juices chiJd is ab1e to stand alone and physical condition in less than hvo years
is on road to improvement . after first picture was taken.

I
The Story of a
Modern Miracle
T HE R.E..ACTIC)~S to niy story about the worttitll
lived eig·ht.een n1onths on no food other than raw
wlH>

carrot juice have been tnost interesting. ,vhene, er I tcJl0

the story I an1 greeted with such re1narJ...s as: ..-fhis is

in1possible~ Surely she had other food." ... "'Vhat about
the arnino acids?" . ,vhere did her protein corne
from?" . c-tc., etc.
If n1y friends a Te surprised and skeptical a hou t the
story of ~:f rs. X. the ·· carrot juice ·wo1nan," I 1vonder ·what
thev ,vill sav when 1 tell the storv of the 1nan ,vho Jived
I ,. l •

for four and onc-haH ye;irs on nothing hut carrot inice

an(l the solids frorn goat ·whey, and cured hi111selr of
cancer; or about the \\·01nan ,vho cured her arthritis ,i.Tith
carrot and other juices., and who today li\C'-i entirely 011
juices - arul ,vorks hard!
Btu recently. an even greater 111iracle of rC'storatio11
through Juice ~fherapy has been brought to n1y attention.
A letter. accotnpani ed ·with photographs (see iflu~tra-
tions) , ,vas recci ved f rcnn J\,lr. and ~lrs, ~, o[ Kans.1s.
In photo f\o. 1 you sec a baby nvo and one-halt ye;1rs
old, ,vho ,veighccl only 16~/f pounds. '!'his child ·was
a11crg-ic to 1ni1k and ,111 an1rnal products. ·rhe distraught
parents could find no food or 1ncdici11e that the child
coulcl take. .He 1vas so lveak he couldn't e\TII turn over
in bed, and the end ,vas only a question of davs.
I '

Fortunately for all c:onccrncd the 1nnthcr had the good

sense to ."it.art the sick child on rav~\ fresh juices --- carrot
juice prcdon1i11ziting, ,vith the 1:esult that at 1ast the child
started to irnprove. In the second photo, the child could

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stand alone. but notice the folds in the skin of his buttocks.
In the third photograph you will note what a wonderlul
change has taken place in the child's physical condition.
In less than tlvo years on the juice diet, the little fellow
,vas perfectly 1vell, and normal in every way.
All this happened eighteen years agoJ but the letter
from the child's parents makes it sound as if it had
occurred only yesterday. Here is the parents' remarkable
story:
"Our boy at first ·was what everyone called a healthy
child. At fourteen months he suddenly became very sick,
and soon ,vent into convulsions. These lasted almost
continuously for eight hours before getting them stopped.
After the doctor ordered him to the hospital he ,-vas given
a large hypo deep into the thigh. There were no more
convulsions, but he ,vas entirely unconscious for several
days. In about a l-veek the doctor pronounced him lvell,
and told us to feed hi1n plenty of good nourishing food,
\vhich ,ve did. But every few ·weeks he had a isick spell'
and was seriously threatened with 1nore convulsions. He
was very nervous and did a lot of jerking in his sleep for
over a year. He was taken to perhaps a dozen different
doctors, and each diagnosed his trouble difierentl y. One
doctor put hi111 on an entire milk diet, but he grew
worse and lost ,veight.
''When he \Vas a little over nvo years old we thought
our child was in1proving, hut to our surprise his plun1p-
ness was a bad case of edema. I-le was sick and cried con-
tinuously. Ile couldn't eat, he couldn't digest or assin1i-
late his food. For over two and one-half years he never
had a normal bo,vel movement. He passed large quantilies
of mucousJ and had !arge hernorrhoids.
◄ ,At
this time (nvo and one-half years old) he was
in bed and remained there for five months. I le becatne
so sick and helpless he could not turn over in bed. He
was on the road to the grave, and our friends offered their
 A 1\1 odern ll1iracle 39

sy111pathy. I-le becan1e skin and bones and weighed 16½

pounds. The doctor's general opinion was that he had
tuberculosis of the colon, and probably would never get
wcJl. He aho said if he should irnprovc, he )ikely 1-vould
have epilepsy the rest of his life.
~·,ve live in K.ansas about 300 miles east of Denver.
\Ve heard of a doctor in that city who used natural meth-
ods of healing. 'Through correspondence the doctor helped
us to realize that ,ve ·were overfeeding our boy. His diet
was cut down to a few ounces daily of fruit and vegetable
juices, and a very small amount of broth and toast.
"After about eight or ten months our son had gained
about two poundst but could not 1valk across the floor ....
\Ve built a house trailer, and by £0110,ving God's leading
started for California to seek further heJp. In California
we n1ct a doctor who gave us a ha sic diet of raw fruit
and \ egetab1e juir.es - raw carrot juice ·was used n1ore
than any other juice. ,ve also used so1ne fresh juice fnnn
-rhompson ·s 611:apes. Honey was used ~s an energy food.
"1\fter six or eight 111011t.hs on 11othi11g but raw juices)
our boy 111ade rc111arkable in1prove1nent. liis boH•els
began to 1nove naturally after each ineal. Ilis hetnorrhoid.s
~ and rnucous dis~ppeared. He now began to den1and son1c
-i solid foods such as salads and cooked \'cget.ables. :-,..:o
cereals or tncats were used.
"At four years and two n1onths our child ,veighed
thirLy•nine pounds; played all the ti1nc with other chil-
dTen, and slepL like a log at night.
'i\.t the Li111e of this wriLing our son is twenty-·t,vo
1

years old. He is enjoying perfect health. He ccver had

any tooth caries until he left ho1ne and lived in a college
donnitory where he could not get proper foods. I-le is
six feet tail, and has never been sick a day in his life after
his recovery in his early years. ,ve consider his 1niraculo11~
recovery largely due to the use of 'live foods' in the fonu
of juice~ CARRO-r being the foundation of all.''
40 I.i·oe Food Juices

In the Iollowing pages of this book I ct, I have other

stories of the w·onder[ul healing properties of fresh, ra,v
veget.a ble juices! but none are more miraculous than the
story of this young- man from Kansas.

LONG LIFE
Long life can be enjoyed - not endured. The research
of Dr. Sherman of Columbia University proves that Jife
can be considerably prolonged, but ,vhat is more im~
portant, the prime of life rnay be exter,ded and n1adc
vigorous by correct nutrition.
On this point of 1engthening the life s1x1n, l)r.
.Jonathan FormanJ Editor of the Ohio State 1v!edical
Journal:, has this to say: "It is possible for human beings
to rnaintain perfect health fro1n the cradle to the grave .
. . . This should be the goal of each one of us. In doing
so \vc ~•\'ould likewise greatly lengthen our life span. Not
only ,vould ·we add years to our lives but, ,vhat is 1nore
i1nportant, w·e would add life Lo our years. . . .
HThe n1ost in1portan t factor in the 1naintenance of
optilnal heal th is the highest sta Le of nutrition. 'The
n1aintcnallce of the best possible state of nutrition de-
pends upon (~0()1) F()()"f)_ The quality of one s food 1

depends upon th c scl cctio11 of ex cell en t. foodstuffs l-vhich

1

have not been spoiled in the harvest storage, processing,

1
- . .
preserving} preparing~ or serving. . . .
"()nee An1ericans begin eating foods gnnvn nn soil
containing AI.I. the essential 1nincral elcrncnts, unspoiled
in iLs proces~ing and preparation, disease ivill practically
va11ish, the normal life span 1vill be about 120 years_, our
na tiona 1 cl ispo.'ii tion "~ill i Ill prove. \Ve ·wi11 have no cause
to fear old age_tl
 CHAPTER SIX
''THE FOOi) QUESTION IS IN-
FINrrELYr THE 1\-1:0S'"f IMPORTANT
PROBLE1'-i OF THE PRESENT DAY. -
~AND IF PROPERLY DEALT \VITH
":llJs-r RESUL~r IN Tl-IE DISAPPEAR-
ANCE OF THE VAST BIJI.K OF I)IS-
E.A.SE, 1\-fJSER,l:, A.ND 1).EA' rH.p
- Sir Arbuthnnt Lane) M.D.
 H. c. WHIH:'. PHOTO

The narrator of the following remarkable "case history''

is here shown in action, demon~trating the preparation
of live food .iuice5. In addition to caring for her family,
this busy housewife spends much time helping other suf-
ferers, who like herself, are afflicted with serious physical
disorders. In spitP. of her handicap, she even gives
demonstration-lectures on the benefits of juice therapy to
large audiences. (Fron1 an unretouched photograph.)
An Amazing
Case History
(As Told by the Patient)

I;:\J FEBRUARY, 1956, at the urgent request of rny par-

ents I ,vent to my doctor for a complete medical check-
up. At the time I didn't feel ill, and ,vas holding do,vn a
full-time job in addition to caring for my family. Ho,vevert
there were symptoms that indicated that all was not ,~.rel1.
I \•las emaciated, and suffered from discoloration of the
skin in the upper portion of my body. I \vas also subject
to violent vomiting spells, headache, and backache. A.11
these I attributed to overwork. At this time I was forty-
one years old, and the mother of four living sons.
The results of the tests and X-rays sho,ved me in
apparent good health, with the exception of rny right
kidney. But as the kidney ,vas still functioning, the doctor
advised ag·ainst im111ediate surgery. He felt that I 1nig·ht
a~;et by" for at least another year before having it removed.
He reported that I had prohah1y had the condition for
two or three years, and assured inc that he would not let
things get out of control.
In :t\oven1ber, 1956, I returned to the Clinic for an-
other checkup. The results of the dye test and the X-rays
showed that both kidneys were now affected. I ,vas sent
to one of the best Urologists in Los Angeles County, who
put n1c in the hospital within a matter of hours. Cysto~
scope. X-ray and other tests indicated irnmediate surgery
- if possible.
After hours of physical and n1en tal torture, I lvas told
that surgery ,vas absolutely impossibleJ as both kidneys
were no,v barely functioning, and 1nuch of each kidney
was already destroyed. 'The X~rays showed that the kidneys
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44 l,ive Food Juices

were co11apsing and in a state of rapid disintegration. The

doctors inforn1ed rne that I had a rare and fatal kidney
disease called j'Pyo-nephrosis n (or w·hich there was no
1

known cure. vVhen I inquired how long they figured

1 had to live, I ,vas told that with God's help, plenty of
rest, a. rigid diet, and if I could respond favorahl y to all
kno,vn antibiotics, perhaps I might live a year.
On November 26th, I ,vas put on a rigid diet, in-
cluding one small glass of milk, some s,veets, green leafy
vegetables, yello,v vegetables, tomatoes, celery and rice.
But, unfortunately this diet did not seem to help. l\:ly
weight dropped to 98 pounds. I suffered agony from bloat-
ing and edema, and often was confined to my bed ,vith
severe hemorrhaging. By December I was suffering so
much pain, it was almost unbearable, and ·we sought the
advice of many Urologists and surgeons, including those
from the l\.fayo Clinic. All these specialists confirined the
original diagnosis. Ncne gave any hope of recovery.
I no\"-l began failing so fast I could scarcely believe it
wa.') really rne. My strength ,vas ebbing daily, and the
hennnoTThages became more frequent and severe. I began
to pass pieces of kidney tissue, and pain racked my hody
day and night. Each urine specirncn, taken three times
a ·week, sho,vcd a tnore alarming condition than the one
previous. Pus and blood ·were present in ever increasing
an1ounts. I could stay only three days at a tirne on any
one antibiotic, and then ,vas s,vitched to another. Yet TllY
life lvas slowly but surely ebbing a·way.
By the last week in April my condition became ex-
tren1cly critical. I could scarcely say rrH>rC than a few w·ords
and would he cornplctcly out of breath, due to a lock o(
oxyg·en in my systern. Breathing beca1ne so difficult that
I found n1yself fighting for every breath. 1·he doctors told
my family I'd be lucky if I lived three v;eeks.
Then one day I n1ct a very dear friend ,vhon1 I had
not seen in eighteen years. At first she did not recognize
me, and ,,vas shocked beyond ·words at my physical condi-
 An Arnazing Case Ilistory 45

tion. One of her first questions was: nLola, have you

ever tried raw juice therapy?" I didn't even know ,d1at
she was talking about. Then she proceeded to relate
many interesting stories about the therapeutic value of
live food juices. She asked 111e if I had ever read a book
on this subject by a physician in nearby l\.·fonrovia.
I said~ •;No." She immediately left the house and rushed
to the nearest I-Iealth Food Store, and ·was soon back v.rith
a copy of the book. She begged me to read the n1iraculous
experience of l\,frs. X; of the little boy from Nebraska, and
other thrilling case histories found in "Live Food Juices.''
I read the book, and lvas cleepl y impressed lvi th its
~·common senseH approach to the problem of disease -
its cause and cure. I felt, however, that I personally 1-vas
beyond the point of being helped. But my mother and
father and family insisted that I give this ra,v juice therapy
a ''try." After all, I had tHJthing to lose and everything·
to gain in foHo,ving the instructions found in this new
book.
1 ."itartcd innnediatel y, drinking one gal1 on ol f rcsh,
rav., rarrot juice daily, and a half gallon of the author's
Lherapeutic "green drink," 1nade front green leafy veg·e-
tables, including alfalfa~ parsleyt dandelion, ,valer-cress,
n1int, beet greens, etc. (Sec f onnula on page 118.)
lVhen I began drinking these fresh, raw juices, I
refused all other 1uedicacion - all hypos, all a.ntibioticst
and all food in bulk form, either cooked or 1·atv. I\' othing
passed my lips but fresh, raw juices, extracted daily by
my husband. \:Jany of. 1ny friends Lhought that by dis-
carding all nacdic.inc an<l cooked foods, I'd surely clie.
To make a long !)tory short, three days after taking
absolutely nothing but the raw juices, I began to breathe
easier and deeper. I ,vas greatly encourag·ed and could
notice i1nprove1nent daily. I could talk for fi\'e or ten
niinutes without losing my breath; 111y heart in1proved,
and the "gushing noise in n1y ears stopped. I could also
1
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move my legs in bed without help.

46 Live Food Juices

On the sixth day, I asked 1ny husband to help 1ne out

of bed; for I felt I cou1d now stand on my feet. 1 had
to insist) and he finally consented to let me try to stand
alone - and I didt On the eighth day I took n1y first steps
alone in n1any ,veeks. Then on the tenth day, as is usual in
cases of extrerne toxernia, l suffered a terrific "reaction."
\Vith ahnost unbearable pain in n1y back, accompanied
by alarming hemorrhaging, I was about to be taken back
to the hospital, when sudden1y the bleeding stopped, and
plans to rush me to the hospital were cancelled.
\Vhile I tvas very weak following that terrible hemor-
rhage, I was not undu1y alarmed. I had been told that
n1any ,,·ho are in a most critical condition, experience
some pretty uroug·h" reactions during the early stages of
the ra"v juice therapy. \Vithin three hours after the violent
hemorrhage {which, by the way, ,vas my last) all pain in
by back and body began to subside, and the follow·ing
day n1iraculously vanished. I could scarcely believe it
n1yselfl To be able to rest - no fever - no pain - it \\'as
like a drean1 !
'This is .April_. 1958, and my condition is steadily in1-
proving. !\1y weight is no\v hack to nonnal; I continue
daily nn n1y galJon of carrot juice and one quart of the
11
green drink. Since the last of October) I've eaten a
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s1nall vegetable salad, and s01ne fresh fruits daily. It has

no,v been n1ore than a year since any 1ncat or animaJ
products or cooked foods have passed iny lips. I .a1n able
to do a g-reat deal of my own house.,vork ncnv. Of course,
I rnust go slow and not becon1c unduly fatigued.
O. it is so \VOnderful and so gTatifying to be on ffi)'
feet again after being so near to death's door! I am so
grateful for the knowledge I ha,·e obtained - that proper
diet is the g-reatest single health factor. There can be no
substitute for live foods, naturally grolvn, to nourish and
purify ,1 po1luted blood strc,nn, or to 1·egeneratc and re-
bui1d the tissues of a sick, broken body. I KNOvV, because
this miracle, thank God, has happened to ME!
CHAPTER SEVEN
"I BELIE\'E I ,,vQULD NO~r BE FAR
OUT OF THE \·VAY TO SAY --rHAT
DIET rvrA,~ BE SAID TO BE 1\ FACTOR
I~ E\lEllY DISEASE TO Wl-IICH 1\'.1.A.I\
IS HEIR."
- 1/arceu W. Wiley, M.D.
 - I

H. C WH ll E PJ-10-:"0

c:Love that carrot juice!', Here on 1.hc right, holding the

big jug of Fe,Taro'.s carrot juic(\ which he has taken
fron1 birth. is ti1e little fcl1ow who was horn with leuketnia.
At the age of five there are ~o tracP.s of this dread dis-
ease. His little four-year-old sister is also ., confumP.d
11 drinker'~ oi hve food· juices.
 Leukemia Arrested
With Raw Juices
T HE STORY I an1 about to relate is one of the n1ost re-
markable that has been brought to my attention during
more than fifty years of medical practice. It involves the
"case historiespt of three children - all from one family -
one of ,vhich developed 1eukemia soon after birth; the
second child, ,vhich was born with leuken1ia, and the
third, which \vas given carrot juice immediately after
birth, and has remained in a condition of perfect health.
The first child, a baby girl, ,vas born in I 95 l. A.t the
time of birth the doctor referred to her as his ··prize baby."
Apparently she ~vas perfectly normal at that time. rfhis
beautiful little girl ~vas dark-complexioned like her father,
but her color soon began to fade, and a( ter l\vo months
she ,vas so pale the parents beca1ne alarmed and consulted
their physician . .-rhe doctor ordered an immediate blood
countt which revealed the sad fact that this baby girl was
suffering from leuketnia. She was taken to the hospital,
and there ,Yithin the space of five and one-half days she
was given t~'enty-five blood trans(usions. But all these
super~human efforts to save the child "'vere fruitlessj and
the little girl died at the age of three months.
The second child. a boy, was born in 1953. An exam-
ination of the child's blood revealed the terri[ying fact
that this second baby was born with leukemia! The baby s 1

doctor had become acquainted ,vith the ren1arkable ex-

perience o[ t\.1rs. Catherine Ferraro, who had recovered
from splenic leukemia by taking large quantities of fresh,
raw carrot juice daily. He was determined to save this
second baby, if possible, by the same means. He imme-
diately contacted Mrs. Ferraro by telephone, and arranged
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for her to bring two quarts of carrot 1u1ce to the hos-

pital each day. 1\lthough the Ferraros ,vere not in the
carrot juice business at the ti1ne, they graciously responded
to this en1ergency, and when the baby went home the
carrot juice therapy ,,vas continued.
It is interesting to note that during the first three
inonths of this baby's life, NO OTHER FOOD ,~as
allo\ved. A.fter three months, however, other foods were
added to his diet, including both fruits and vegetables.
Did this simple raw juice therapy work? Much to the
joy and satisfaction of every one concerned, at the end
of one year the blood count was normal. There '\Vas no
evidence of leukemia1 The carrot juice had evidently
performed a miracle in restoring the child's diseased
bloodstream to a normal healthy condition.
Today, at the age of five, with the exception of some
occasional bronchial asthma, the little fellow is a ppar-
ently in perfect health. He continues to take his dai1y
ration of carrot juice. I-le also drinks lots of citrus juices,
of ,vhich he is very fond. I-Iis weight is 48 pounds.
The third child, a beautiful little girl, was born in
I 954. Blood tests made at the time of birth sho,ved no
evidence of ]eukernia. The blood count was normal. This
favorable condition ·was no doubt 1argc1y due to the fact
that the mother drank quantities of carrot juice regularly
throughout her pregnancy. Having become enthusiastic
Hconvertsu to the nn,t juice therapy, the parents 1-•tercn't
taking any chances, and the third child was also given
nothing but carrot _juir.e for the first three months after
birth. Nov,, at the age of four she still takes two glasses
of carrot juice per day, and the two youngsters consume
a gallon of juice a ~reek. (See illustration.) They are
now· the "picture" of vibrant good health.
Wb.at more convincing evidence could anyone find,
showing the powerful remedial effects of the raw juice
therapy than that which we have noted above? I doubt
if there has ever heen a con1parable case recorded in the
annals of medical history.
Arthritis Responds to
Live Juice Therapy
S E VER.,\L i\I O ~ Tl IS ago n1 y attention was called to the
remarkable case histo1y of l\:-frs ..A. Her experience is
so typical of the healing virtues of live food juices in
the incidence of arthritis - one of the great curses of our
modern civi1ization - that I vvish to share her experience
with my readers. Here is her story as she told it to rne:
"For 1nore than nventy years I ,vas afflicted ,vith
arthritis. A.t the age of nineteen the first distressing
sympto1ns appeared. It started in 1ny right foot, and in
a matter of days the joints of my knees, elbow·s, ,vrists
and fingers 1\lere affected. I ,vas in constant pain. I ,vent
to the doctors for help_; but they told 1ne there l\ras no
known cure for arthritis. They tried to relieve the pain.
but their efforts helped very little. 'There ·were days '"·hen
I didn~t suffer so n111ch, but the pain never left 1ny body.
' At the age of n-venty-six I developed inflannnatory
1

arthritis. J ,vas no1\T cornpletely helpless and unable to

tnove. The pain \Vas unbearable, and I hurt so I didntt
see ho,·{ I could live. To help relieve the excruciating
pain~ the doctors gave me morphine. 1\s Lime passed~
other things happened to n1y body. lVIy heart beat so
fast at ti1nes it seemed to take 1ny breath a·way.
' Thcn five years ago (1954), I heard about the thera•
1

peutic value of raw fruit and vegetable juices. I had tried

so many things over the years, all of ·which had failed to
bring relief, I i-vas a bit skeptical that such sitnp)e tnea-
sures could do anything to help rne. I sa,v no harn1, ho,v-
ever, in grasping at this "last stra,\,n as it were, anc.l I
decided to give the juices a "try."

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52 Live Food Juices

H,Vhen I began to take the fruit and vegetable juices,

I gave up all cooked food. I ate no meat. I drank no water.
I also g-a ve up sugar-, salt, and all condiments. I drank two
quarts of carrot juice a day, and one pint of fresh grape-
fruit juice, and one pint of fresh celery juice. I also took
small amounts of beet and parsley juice.
The radical change in my dietary habits brought on
11

the usual severe .. reactions/' and as the cleansing process

progressed, I suffered from gas and running off of the
bo,vels, and other unpleasant symptoms. In spite of all
thist however, I continued with the juice diet, and soon
I began to feel better.
ui\t the end of eight months, all pain had left my
body. and the crippling deformities that usually accom•
pany arthritis, disappeared. For the first time, in more
than nven ty years I ,-vas free from suffering. I discovered
the ,vonderful fact that I ,vas no,v a r.vell woman.' I had
worn glasses most of 1ny life; but after one year on the
juice diet, I tossed out my ubi-focals." My eyesight had
someho,v been 111iraculously resLored to normal, and glasses
were no,v, for n1e, a thing of the past.
"Today, my rliet consists of only raw fruits and vege-
tables, plus the fruit and vegetable juices. I still drink
at least tl-VO quarts of carrot juice a day, and a pint of
citrus juiceJ plus one avocado and sorne kelp. After al1
those years of inactivity and intense suffering. today I
enjoy abundant good health! I have almost unlimited
strength and energy, and I work hard each day in a factory.
Thanks to the ral\f juices I am nuw completely ,vithout
pain. (See illustration on page 104.)

Science reveals the cause of illness, and,_ in a large

n1easure, how to prevent it. YOUR FOOD DETER..
i\1JNES IN A LARGE MEASURE HOW LONG YOU
SHALL LIVE - how 1nnch you shall enjoy life) and how
successful your life shall be.
CHAPTER EIGHT
'~IF THE DOCTOR OF TODAY DOES
NOT BECOiVIE THE DIETICIAN OF
TOMORROW, THE DIETICIAN OF
TODAY \VILL BECOME THE DOCTOR
OF TOlvIORROW."
-Dr~ Alexis Carrel,
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research.
 t-1. C. WHITE PH □ T □

A happy customer struggles with a 30-pound monster

from Phil Arcna s famous organic watermelon patch,
1

near Escondido, California.

Essential Minerals
For Body Bui1dinq
C EllTAI~ organic minerals compose the structure of
the cells of our bodies. and unless they are made
available in our daily foods the cells are starved. Ill health
and eventual death results. From U.S. Senate Document
?\Jo. 264, I quote:
"It is bad ne,,vs to learn from leading authorities that
99% of the American people are deficient in these min
erals, and that a marked deficiency in any one of the more
important minerals actually results in disease. Any upset
of the balance, any considerable lack of one or another
element, ho\vever microscopic the body requirement may
be, and we sicken, suffer, shorten our lives."
\Vhat are these ,ninera]s that form the essential 1nate-
rials from which this building we call the body is com-
posed? ,..This chapter '". ill be devoted to a presentation
of the most vital of these rninerals, and briefly describe
the function of each in the h1unan body.

PHOSPHORUS
Phosphorus is an essential constituent of every cell
in the body, but ninety per cent of it is found in the bony
structure. It is also ·widely distributed in the soft tissues
and body fluids. 'Total an1ounts are not large, but they
n1ust be supplied daily for health.

CALCIUM
·rhere is a considerable difference between the arnounts
of calciurn required for life, and that required for buoyant
health. Calcium has recently been recognized as having
a far Jarger and far reaching effect than previously be-

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56 Live Food Juices

lieved. It is no,-v known to aid better growth - a longe1

period of healthy middle life - extension of life expect-
ancy, and the postponement of senility. With \vomcn,
,-vhcn calcium ,vas increased, their children became 1nore
healthy and the mother enjoyed better health and longer
life ..A deficiency is in evidence ·when an expectant mother
roses her teeth during pregnancy. Nature's demands for
the infant ,-vill not be denied. The mother suffers tragic
loss because of the lack of calcium.

CHLORINE
An antiseptic factor in the system.

COPPER
Scientists tel1 us that while copper does not enter
directly in the constitution of the hemoglobin molecule,
it does exercise an essential influence. Shortage of copper
holds up the process of building the hemoglobin. \Vhile
otheT factors may enter into producing anemia, in a very
real sense the cause is nutritional.

IRON
Iron is the 11udeus of every cell. It is the outstanding
n1aterial in the red blood ce11s. It has the important task
of carrying· oxygen through the syste1n. Shortage of iron
means anemia. Iron in human nutrition is involved ·with
the formation and regeneration in the building of the
red cells of the blood. It is the cure and prevention of
anen1ia (other than in cases of pernicious anemia, ,vhich
scientists tell us comes from a gastric juice deficiency) .
Iron is the esse11tial element in the building and upkeep
of the hlood, a very complex process.

MAGNESIUM
Hl\.fagnesium is a very important ingredient in chloro~
phyll. the green coloring matter in plants. If the mag-
nesium content of the diet is reduced to a very lolv leveL
 Essential Aiinerals for Body B·uilding 57

a little less than two parts per million of the diet, expcri~
mental animals becon1e sick and die. The blood vessels
expand, the heart beats n1ore rapidly., the animals become
irritable and finally die in convulsions. There is evidence
that in sorne way 1nagnesiun1 aids in the assimilation of
fat in the diet. n ~ U. S. Yearbook of 1\griculture.

MANGANESE
1\ 1anganese deficiency results in poor bone formation,
1

dro,vsiness, and a tendency tnward apoplexy.

POTASSIUM
Potassium is very prominent both in the blood cells
and the soft tissues of the body, and is therefore, a nutri-
tional necessity.
SILICON
Silicon deficiency results in a tendency to,vard neuritis,
scaly and scabby skin.

SODIUM
\'aluahle in balancing fluids in the tissues.

IODINE
Goitre is the sign of a lack of iodine in the systen1.
Goitre is caused by an abnorn1al enlargement of the cells
when nature attempts. to produce sufficient iodine. Iodine
is utilized to produce thyroid hormones necessary for
physical and mental ,vell-heing. -rhe vegetables in the
California area arc rich sources of iodine. The an1p]e
use of the same is a good defense against goitre.

Daily Requirement Small

'The daiiy requiren1ent of the body is s111aII but the
regu]ar health-de1nands for organic minerals is persistent
and perpetual. To ignore that demand is to invite illness.
If ,ve can visualize the cells of our bodies as building
58 Live Food Juices

blocks, and the 1ninerals as essential ingredients of e

block, ive can readily understand holv necessary it is
we have foods rich in these essentials.
In the IJeccmher, 1945 Reader's Digest there
peared an article of startling significance, entitled: •·
\Ve Starving To l)eath?J' In this article an en1i1
'~Soil Doctor/' \Vm. A. Albrecht, Ph.D., chairman of
Department of Soils, University of Missouri, ,varns u~
"Doctors through experiment and observation, bei
to understand that many diseases could be traced
dietary deficiencies, and that many sick people w
hungry people. They called it 'hidden hunger' beca
people might eat three square meals a day and s
suffer from it.
Hone of the 'hidden hungers' vvas for calcium
shortage of ·which could cause rickets. Goitre was hoo1
up \-vith a shortage of iodine; night blindness ,vith a sh< "1
age of carotene; anemia 1.vith iron and possibly copJ
shortage; thyroid troubles with a shortage of zinc; toe
decay ,vith shortages of calcium phosphorus and fluorir
"Nations or individuals, men or animals, we are wj
we eat . . . . .A properly mineral-rich diet predisposes
man to health and normal functioning, and the healthj
,ve are1 the better we resist disease."
To clen1onstrate this in plants, Dr. i\lbrecht took t. 1

'"Titer of this article into a greenhouse where seve1

~,rarietics of spinach were being fed on difteren t die
ranging fron1 1nineral-rich to niinera1-poor. Thrips h.i::
nearly destroyed the poorly-fed spinach plants, but n
one of the ricbl y-fed plants showed a sign of attack. Th,
had something that enabled the1n to resist. l11 the san
11

"vay," .J\..lbrecht said, "people lvho have the proper el

rnents in their diets are more resistant to certain diseases
CHAPTER NINE
•·1T IS THROUGH IGNORANCE
THAT THE COMMUNITY IS SUR-
FEITED \\1 ITH UNSUITABLE FOODS
. ~ . PEOPLE \VHO EAT NATURAL
FOODS NEVER EAT TOO MUCH: 1

- Dr. Bircher--Benner.
 "'Good Food Is~
APPROXIMATE NUTRITIONAL CON1

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CARBOHYDRATE % 9.7 9.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 9.0

CAtORI ES PER PINT 220 217 89 84 94 283 1 l 5.

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CALCIUM% 0.)40 0.225 0.390 0.050 0.345 0.350

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CHLORINE ¾ 0.290 0.195 0.665 0.150 0.395 0.090

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Oxalic .Acid is a relatively pToTnincn t factor in Rhubarb, Bee

Chard and other vegetables of so-called goose[oot family
r Medicine" - Anon.
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re IS

evidence of calc itnn deficiency.

AWORD OF APPRECIATION
FROM AN ILLINOIS READER

Dear Dr. Kirschner:

It was so kind of you to take the time to answer my letter

of last year. You asked me to write again some day and tell
you how I was coming along.

I follow faithfutly the exact diet listed in chapter thirteen

of your book. I love it and never touch any other food. The
only trouble I ever encounter is when the family goes to a
restauranti but my husband is very careful to have special
salads made to order for me. I usually bring my own dressing
made from the recipe you gave me.

1 still don 1t weigh too much1 but I am a mated at the

amount of energy I have for my teaching and writing and
earing for my family. And of course, no doctor bills, because
we never have to go to one! My family doctor has no idea
how nqueerly" I eat1 but he does know of our drinking fresh
vegetab1e iuices, and is delighted with my eleven-year-old
daughter's superb health and mental alertness.. All three of
our children are straight A students in school.
Several of my friends have watched my program of
drinking fresh vegetable iuices and have bough+ your book
and a iuicer too. When anyone asks me who my doctor is.
J always say proudly, Dr . Kirschner."
11

If you every publisl, any new material. be sure and let me

know. And thank you again for your kindness and marvelous
help. It's such fun to be healthy and enioy Hf e so much!
- Mrs. W. R. Augsburger.
Vitamins and
Their Sources
W l-IAT ARE VIl''AMINS? The t;hc1nist tells us they
are small quantities of substances essential to life.
They are found in every living structure. For the most
part in green gro,ving plants on land and in algae and
other organisms in the sea. Many of these substances have
been isolated chemical1y and ,ve have names for them.
AJ B. C, D~ E, etc. But there are unquestionably others
not yet discovered or isolated, that are just as necessary
for the maintenance of life. That is the reason scientists
give for the use of natural foods, such as vegetables, to
combat n1alnutrition instead of using a synthetic chemi-
1

cal, although they may be identical in essence. Doctor

Borsook tells of patients suffering fron1 a severe deficiency
of Vitamin A (the anti•infection vitamin). \Vhen huge
doses of the synthetic vitamin were given, the patients•
condition did not improve; but when FOOD containing
aH the vitarnins "'·as given, there wa~ rapid recovery. His
concluding statement was: "Vitamins ,vorked better in
concert \\-.. ith all other vitan1ins:· The co1nplete vitamin
complex is found only in NATIJRE. It never has, and
never will come from a test-tube in some laboratory!

VITAMIN A
Vitamin A combats infection. Lack of it results in
retarded gro\vth, impaired teeth, eyes and hones; the
shortening of the life span; blindness in the glare of light;
impaired vision in di1n light. Vitamin A deficiency also
results in many skin diseases, cirrhosis of the liver, kidney
stones; also degeneration of nerve fibres.
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G4 Live 1·ood juices i

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VITAMIN B ~~
Vitamin B represents a ,vhole farnily of vitan1ins <:allej
the ~n Complex." Deficiency sympto1ns include: A lacj
1

of appetite) neuritis, constipation, excessive tat, hea~

disease, en largen1cnt of the heart, arthritis, and pod,
1netalobisrn of st.arches and sugars. I
,,;,t~
VITAMIN C I
~

Deficiency symptoms include scurvy (evidenced in su1

normal growth), lo,vered resistance to infection, palenes1
discoloring of the skin, rapid pulse, hemorrhage of guml
anemia, teeth that loosen and fall out. ~
ffl
li!:
VITAMIN D I
~
D is called the Sunshine vitamin. It is a cutfl
\ 1itamin
for rickets. Rickets is a disease of the growing parts ~
the bone in ,vhich the normal amounts of calcium an!
phosphorus are deposited. The systcn1 is unable to ui
calcium and phosphorus in the building of bone ,vitho1
an adequate supply of Vita1nin D. Vitamin D rnay 11
obtained from fish liver oils, from green plants, and fro1
sun batlung. ~
VITAMIN E j
\'itamin E is known as the ' anti-sLerility" vitan1in_ Tl~
4

chief source is from green vegetables and ,vheat gerrn oii

This impo~t~nt vitamin prevents 1nisca!riage. Some c~inif
have used 1t 1n the treatment of heart disease. A defic1en~
of Vita1nin E often leads to degeneration of the skeot~
muscles. I
VITAMIN K ~
Vitan1in K enables the blood to <.:oagulatc. It is, therJ
fore, the anti-hemorrhage vita1nin. It also assists in t I
normal function of the liver. This vitamin is often us_:
by surgeons a fe,-v days before an operation. It at=·.i
reduces the death rate from hemorrhage in the case '·
new-born babies.
 Vitamins arid Their Sources 65

SOME OF THE BEST SOURCES OF

MINERALS ANil VITAMINS
In the preceding chapter we have talked about min-
erals and their vital role in the maintenance of a healthyJ
vibrant-w"ith-life body structure. In our present chapter
we are discussing the mysterious and all-important entities
called VITAl\ 1[[\'S. \\!hat are the best sources of these
1

essential elements? ,-ve present herewith a partial list ol

fruits and vegetables that are richest in nutritive value, and
vvhich can be taken conveniently in the form of juice.

APPLE JUICE
.Apple juice is rich in magnesium, iron and silicon.
It also contains potassium, a valuable aid to digestion,
plus phosphorus, sodium, calciun1, sulphur and chlorine_
.rvfalic aci(l, reputed to be a cleansing agent and healer
of internal inflan1n1ation, is found in apple juice. Jts
vita1nins ind ucle A, B, C and G.

BEET JUICE
Beet juice contains an abundance of sodium (en-er
50%) . It also contains iron, calcium, potassiun1, .and
chlorine. It is considered one of the 1nost valuable juices
for tbe liver and gall bladder, and for building up the
red corpuscles, and stimulates the activity of tlie lymph
throughout the entire body. It contains Vitamins A, B,
C and G.
CUCUMBER JUICE
Cucumbers are a medium source of Vitamins .A and
n, and are a rich source of Vita111in C. Cucutnbcrs are
usually ruined nutritionally by the addition of salt and
vinegar. They are very rich in potassiun1, iron and tna.g..
nesium. They also rate high in silicon and chlorine, and
are considered by scientists as a top-flight health vegetable.
 ... H, C, WHITE PHCTO

The author proudly displays one of his giant home-grown

c-abbages -ric-h in Vitamins C and U, and other essential
minerals and vitamins.
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CABBAGE JUICE
This popular vegetable contains chlorine,. calcium,
sodium and iron. It is rich in Vitamins A, B, C., G and
U. Dr. Chaney of the Stanford Medical School reveals
that Vitamin U in cabbage juice is a very important factor
in healing stomach ulcers, both duodenal and peptic.

CARROT JUICE
Carrots are exceedingly rich in Vitamin A (medium
source of B, C, and G). In recent years carrots have
been recognized as one of the most valuable of vegetables.
Carrot juice is very delicious, and it is perhaps the best
balanced vegetable from the standpoint of both minerals
and vitamins. Scientists tell us that the iron and calcium
of carrots is almost entirely assimilable. Raw carrots con-
tain nearly all the minerals and vitamins that are required
by the human body. Carotene is the vegetable form of
Vitamin A. It also contains the mineral content of
potassium, ironl magnesium, manganese. sodium. silicon
and iodine. In addition it contains the strong cleansing
elements of sulphur, chlorine, and phosphorus. Dr.
Sherman states that carrots are one of the best sources of
calcium, ·which is a crucial element in the maintenance
of optimal health.
CELERY JUICE
Celery is very high in sodium~ magnesium and iron.
It also contains liberal quantities of potassium, calciurn.
sulphur, and magnesium. It is an excellent source of
Vitamins .A., B, C, and E. Celery has become famous as
a nerve tonic, and aids in the elimination of carbon
dioxide from the syste111.

COCOANUT JUICE
Cocoanuts are rich in potassium~ chlorine, phosphorus.
sodium, sulphur, calcium, magnesium and iron. They
contain Vitamins A, B, and G. The high \ 1itamin B
content aids in digestive disturbances.
 H. C. Vv~ffT~ PH □ TC

Our attractive young "Miss" from Paradise is following

in the footprints of her ancestor - "Mother Ev~,, - as
she temptingly holds out one of Herbert White's delicious,
organically-grown apples on his 10-acre Paradise (Cali ..
fornia) fruit farm.
 Vitarnins and Their Sources 69

DANDELION JUICE
Dandelion is highly regarded as a source of vital
org--.dnic magnesiu,n. It also contains potassium~ socliun1,
chlorine, calcium) phosphorus, sulphur, silicon and iron.
Dandelion juice is considered one of our ITIOSt valu-
able tonics. It g·ives strength and finnness to the teeth.
preventing pyorrhea and decay. It is a good source of
Vitamins AJ B, C and G.

ENDIVE JUICE
Endive is close1y related to the Dandelion fan1ily} and
its constituents are more or less alike, It is rich in potas-
sium, magnesium, chlorine, sodium, calcium, phosphorus1
sulphur and iron. Endive is one of the finest sources of
Vitamin A. It also contains Vitamins C and G. It also
is bitter, and should be blended ·with carrot and celery
JlllCe.
KALE JUICE
Kale is regarded as an out.standing source of \litan1in
A. During the war it hcc.an1e in1portant in n1aintaining
excellent health conditions in Britain in spite of sevcTe
rationing. It is rich in calciun1 and riboflavin - a ll Vita-
min. Kale is also rich in ironJ phosphorus, sulphur and
potassium. A cup of Kale leaves contains 37~000 units of
Vitan1in A, and 2,900 units of Vitan1in C.

LEMON JUICE
l.cnHJns are tlic richest foods on earth in hio-flavonoids:
and bio-Havonoids play a dranlatic role in our search for
health and longevity. They not only help to regulac.e the
body chemistry, but they are unsurpassed in influencing
the life processes. Len1ons are very Tich in Vitamin C~
and prorhu:c spectacular results in relieving the com1non
cold.
LETTUCE JUICE
Lettuce has an abundance of potassium, so(liun1,
calcium. phosphorus and iodine. It is particular]y rich in
iO 1. . ive Food Juices

magnesium and iron. One of the 1nost nourishing of

foods for the cells and tissues of the nervous and muscular
structures of the body. Its vitamins include A 1 B, C, E
and G. The green leafy lettuce is best, as it contains
more of the life-giving chlorophy1l. It, too, is bitter, and
should be used in c.on1bination with carrot and celery
JlllCe.
ONION JUICE
Onions are a moderate source of Vitamins A, Band G.
They are an excellent source of C. They rate high in
antiseptic qualities. Onions are abundant in minerals,
including potassium, sulphur, phosphorus, calcium, chlor~
ine, magnesium, iron and iodine. Scientists tell us that
onions aid digestion . ..i.\s the juice has a very strong flavor,
it should be used in combination ,vith the milder juices.
PARSLEY JUICE
Parsley juice is said to be one of the 1nost potent of
vegetable juices. It should, therefore, be taken in small
quantities (one or nvo ounces), blended ,vith carrot,
celery or lettuce juice. Parsley is rich in potassium, cal-
cium, sodiumJ magnesium, phosphorus, sulphurt chlorine
and iron. It is a good source of Vitamins A, B, C and E.
Parsley aids in oxygen n1etabolism, and helps in main~
taining- nor1nal action of the adrenal and thyroid g·lands.

PEA POD JUICE

\Vhen fresh pea pods are juiced, an ingredient is
obtained that aids the pancreas in its function.

PINEAPPLE JUICE
Pineapple is especially rich in essential minerals -
potassium, chlorine, sodium, phosphorus, n1agnesium,
sulphurr calciurn, iron and iodine. It also contains the
ferment Bromelin, ,vhich parallels the pancreatic secre-
tion. Jts \lita1nins are A, B, C and G. It is one of our
most delicious and healthgiving juices v1hen eaten raw
and uns,veetened.
 Vitamins and l·heir Sources 71

RADISH JUICE
According to nutritional authorities nearly one-
third of the content of radishes is potassium. Another
one~third is sodium. The iron and magnesium content
are also high. Other minerals include sulphur) chlorine,
phosphorus, calcium and iodine. Its vitamins are A, B,
and C. It has a soothing and healing effect on the mucous
membranes of the body.

SPINACH JUICE
According to Dr. N. \V. ,valker, Hin ra,v spinacht
Nature has furnished man ,vith the finest organic mate-
rial for the cleansingt reconstruction and regeneration
of the intestinal tract." Spinach is a good source ot
potassium, sodiu1n, calciuml iodine, magnesiumt phos-
phorus, sulphur and iron. It contains liberal quantities
of Vitamins .A., B, C, E and G.

TOMATO JUICE
Tomato juice is rich in magnesium~ iron, potassiu1n,
phosphorus, chlorine, sulphur, calcium, sodium and
iodine. Tomatoes are also rich in vegetable amino acids.
They are an excellent source of \ 1itamin C, and contain
others, such as .A., B, and G.

TURNIP TOP JUICE

\Vhen juiced, turnip tops are valuable as a source of
iron, calcium, potassium, chlorine, sodium, sulphur, phos•
phorus, and magnesium. They contain Vitamins A, B, C,
E and G. Turnip tops are about three times as rich as
orange or tomato juice in Vitamin C.

WATERCRESS JUICE
\Vatercress is rich in potassium, sulphuT~ ca]ciutnJ
sodiutn, chlorine, phosphorus) magnesiurri, iron and
iodine. Scientists tell us that one-third of the mineral
content of watercress is sulphur, and that 45'ftJ of the
72 Live Food juices

elements are acid forming. It should.I' thereforeJ never be

taken alone, but in combination ,vith carrot and celery
juices. It is a po\verful intestinal cleanser, and also assists
in the nonnal regeneration of the blood. Its \'itan1ins
include .A, B, C~ E and G.

POTATO JUICE
'T'he juice of ra,-v potatoes is high in potassiurn, sul-
phur, phosphorus and chlorine, and thus has proved very
beneficial in clearing up skin blemishes. ..fhis cleansing
action is present only in the ran, potato where the live
organic atoins can perform their beneficent task. As the
potato juice is not very palatable ,vhen taken alone, it can
be combined ,,rith that of other vegetable juices.

GREEN PEPPER JUICE

Green pepper juice is rich in silicon, and therefore, is
beneficial to the nails and hair. It also helps in clearing
up skin blemishes~ flatulence and colic. It combines nicely
,vith carrot juice - 25% green pepper ,vith 75% carrot.

STRAWBERRY JUICE
Strawberry juice is one of the most useful as 1-vell as
the most appetizing of juices. It contains much fruit
sugar and iron, making it valuable as an aid to a good
complexion. In fact it is one of the best skin cleansers
known. It should be taken regu1ar1y in cases of poor
co1nplexion, anemia, skin eruption, sluggish liver, con-
stipation, acidosis and catarrh. It has proved to be a
good tonic for glands and nerves.

ORANGE JUICE
'The value of orange juice is w·idely recognized today.
As a dietary supplement for infants and growing children
it stands high on the list because of its power to assist
in bone formation, and in preventing rickets. Orange
juice is high in fruit sugar. and is a source of calcium
and phosphorus. lt is valuable as a blood cleanser.
CHAPTER TEN
~'THE Fr\CT IS THERE IS ONL~r"
ONE MAJOR llISr:J.\SR, AND THAT IS
l\fALNUTRITION. ALL AILMEN ..fS
AND AFFLI(:~l'IO:NS ~~ro \VHICH ,,\TE
lvfAY BECOME HEIRS ARF~ DIRECTLY
TRACEABl.E TO TIIIS Mi\.JOll DIS-
EASE."
- Dr. C. W. Cavanaugh:, Cornell Univer~Uy.
 H, C:. WHITE FIHCT□

Here in the basket are enough freshly-dug carrots to make

one gallon of puret fresh carrot juice. The young lady
out in the carrot patch - holding up a bunch of these golden
beauties - is none other than the daughter of ~'Mrs. X" --
the famous "carrot juice woman."
Recommendations for
Use of Raw Juices
E VE~ SINCE the first two editions of LI\'E. FOOD
JU ICES came off the press, I have received an
avalanche of inquiries from readers far and near asking
"How· much of the live food juices should I take daily
in order to relieve n1y particular ailment or condition?"
The aJis\ver to the abo\·e question is not as easy as
it 111a y see1n~ for it is ahva ys difficult for a doctor or
dietitian to prescribe definite amounts of the various
juices for the relief of specific ailments lvithout a first-
hand knu"vledge of the patient's condition. I-Iov,ever,
there are certain g·eneral principles that guide us as -we
seek an answer to our problem.
It is ,veil to remember that in any disease that involves
tissue degenerationJ our goal is not to palliate certain
distressing symptoms, but the rejuvenation and recon-
struction of the entire being. The bloodstream must be
cleansed, and the defective ' building•blocks., must be
1

replaced by those that are sound and in perfect mineral

balance.
You may recall the statement 1nade by Dr. Henry
Sherman on page 20 of this volume. I-Iere the world•s
g-reatest authority on the subject of foods states: H"\Vhen
nutritional kno1-\• ledge is sufficiently ,videspread, people
,v-ill consun1e up to three pounds of green and yellow
vegetables and fruits daily." Roughly) three pounds of
\vhole vegetables or fruits ,;vill make a pound and one-half
of raw juices, or the equivalent of one and one-half pint~.
The above statement by one of America's tnost noted
authorities, gives us a "clue on ,vhich to base the proper
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daily intake of these live food juices. Certain conditions,

ho1vever, may n1ake it necessary to use 1nuch less of the
_juices at first, during the more critical stage of the illness;
increasing the amount as the patient's condition improves.
In the case of Mrs. X, you will recall, her condition
was so desperate when she first started the ra,v juice
therapy, it was necessary for her to take the carrot juice
by the spoonful. Graduallyl as her condition ilnprovcd,
the amount was increased to an 8-ounce glass daily. Fin-
ally~ she was able to take one gallon of juice per day.
:\l' o other food was allowed during her recovery period,
which accounts for the very large amount of juice required
in her daily regimen.
In the case of Mr. B, who suffered from cancer of
the bladder and kidney; at the first he drank only one
g·lassful of carrot juice (6-8 ounces) a day. Later he in-
creased the amount to nvo quarts per day, until his
recovery was comp1ete. The late Dr. Max Gerson, former
cancer specialist of New York City required his patients
to take a minimum of thirty-t\vo ounces of live food
juices daily - mostly in the form of carrot and apple.
Son1e dietitians recon1mend a zninimum of sixteen
ounces of the fruit and vegetable juices per day. Various
combinations include cai::rot~ celery, beet, parsley, spinach.
cucumber, apple, grape, pineapple, cocoanut, etc. But
i.n every combination carrot juice predominates (8~12
ounces) ; Spinach, 2-8 ounces; Celery, 4-8 ounces; Beet,
2-5 ounces; Cucumber, 3-5 ounces; Parsley, 2-4 ounces;
Apple, 8 ounces; Orange, 8 ounces; Grapefruit, 8 ounces;
\Vatercress, 8 ounces; Pineapple, 8 ounces; Coconut, 4
ounces.
The following is a list of common ailments that we
believe will respond most favorably to raw juice therapy.
Remember, our aim is to cleanse the bloodstream, and
thus build the body's fig·hting mechanism, and to relieve
the CA USE of these painful disorjcrs. In each case, the
 Recomrnendations for U.se of Raw Juices 77

formulas should be prepared from pure raw fruit and

vegetable juices - fresh from the juicer. and if possible
the produce used should be organically grown, free from
toxic insecticides.
1. ACNE (Skin disorders) - Carrot, lettucet spinach, beet,
cucumber, grape, apricot, green pepper, raw potato.
2. ALLERGIES - Carrot, celery, beet, cucumber.
3. ANEMIA- Carrot, beet, celery, spinach, parste,T~ water-
cress.
4. ANGINA PECTORIS- Carrot, celery 1 spinach.
5. ARTHRITIS-Carrots, celery, beet, cucumber.
6. ASTHMA - Carrot, spinach, celery.
7. BILIOUSNESS-Carrot, spinach, beet, cucumber, celery,
parsJey.
8. BLADDER DISEASE-Carrot, celery, spinach parsley,
1

cucumber, beet.
9. BOILS, CARBUNCLES- Carrot, spinach, beet, cucumber.
10. BRONCHITIS- Carrot spinach. celery, beet, cucumber.
1

11. CANCER- Carrot, celery, spinach, cabbage, apple.

12. CATARRH - Carrot, celery, spinach, beet, cucumber.
13. COLDS - Carrot, celery, lemon, orange, grapefruit.
14. COLITIS - Carrot apple, beet, cucumber.
1

15. CONSTIPATION -Carrot, apple, celery, spinach, grape.

16. DERMATITIS- Carrot. celery, apple, beet, cucumber.
17. DIARRHEA- Carrot, applep celery, spinachp parsley,
raspber!'y, blackberry.
18. EYE DISEASES (Due to Vitamin Deficiency) - Carrot,
spinach, celery, parsley.
19. GOUT- Carrot+ celery, spinacht parsley. beet, cucumber.
20. HALITOSIS (Bad Breath) - Carrot, celery, spinach,
cucumber.
21. HAY FEVER - Carrott celery, beet, cucumber, spinach,
parsley.
22. HEADACHE - Carrot, spinach, celery. parsley, beet,
cucumber, lettuce.
23. HEART TROUBLE (Functional) - Carrot, spinach, celery,
parsley, cucumber.
24. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE-Carrot, cucumber, parsley,
spinach, celery, beet.
25. INFLUENZA-Carrot, celery, spinach, beet, cucumber,
grapefruit, lemon.
26. INSOMNIA- Carrot, spinach, celery, lettuce.
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27. KIDNEY TROUBLE-Juice of ¼ lemon in warm water,

carrot. dandelion, parsley, spinach, celery, beet 1 cucumber 1
grape.
28. LIVER DISORDERS- Carrot, beet, parsley, cucumber 1
dandelion, radish.
29. MALAISE- Carrot, celery. apple, beet, cucumber, pars~
ley.
30. MIGRAINE (Headache) - Carrot, spinach, celery, parsley.
31. MUCOUS MEMBRANE - Carrot, apple, pineapple. celery,
beet~ cucumber.
32. NERVE DISORDERS - Lettuce, carrot, celery, apple,
spinach, cucumber, beet, radish.
33. OVERWEIGHT- Carrot, celery, spinach, beet, cucumber-.
34. PEPTIC ULCER- Cabbage, celery, carrot.
35. PREGNANCY - Carrot1 celery, spinach, beet, cucumber1
cocoanut, apple, orange,
36. RHEUMATISM - Carrot. celery, spinach, parsley, lettucet
watercress, cucumber.
37. RICKETS-Carrots, celery, spinach, apple, orange. lemon,
grapefruit.
38. SCURVY- Carrot, celery. apple, grapefruit, orange,
lemon.
39. SINUS TROUBLE- Carrot, spinach, beet, cucumber.
40. TEETH - Carrot, celery, beet watercress.
1

41. TONSILITIS - Carrot. celery, pineappler oranget apple,

lemon.
42. TOXEMIA - Carrot. parsley, celery. :spinach, cucumber,
apple.
43. TUBERCULOSIS --- Carrot, alfalfa parsley, sp:nach,
1

watercress. comfrey (to be used µ1 green drink).

John B. Lust, well-known nutritionist tells u~:
•;Natural healing is the most desirable factor in the re~
generation of the race. It n1akes use of the elementaTy
forces of ='Jature, of chemic;, 1 selection of foods that ,viH
constitute a correct medical dietary .
.. There is really but one healing· force in existence
and that is Nature herself: that is the inherent restorative
power of the organism to overcome disease. The practical
application of these natural agencies, du1y suited to the
individual case, are the true signs and the whole art of
healing. - .Rt1w Juice 1"herafJ)';, page 3.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
A DOG IS h--lAN'S BEST FRIEND.
l\1AN IS noc~s BEST FRIEND!
 Carrot Juice Therapy
Restores Ancient Canine
( ,.ft\ Dog Story )

I HOLD_ in r~y hand a 1nost interesting k:ttcr ~ro1n one

of my New York readers. In fact, I am so deeply unpressed
with her story, I have decided to pass it on for the benefit of
readers \Vho n1ay encounter a sin1ilar problen1.
1·1r. and l\:lrs. US'' are the O\~rners of a 12 ~.,~-year-old 11al-
111atian of whon1 they are very proud. These English '(Coach
Dogs," as they arc somctirncs called~ are highly intelligent,
an<l their habits aronnd the ho1ne are usually impcccahlc.
Unfrntunately1 a little over one year ago a nun1ber of
distressing sy1nptoms began to develop 1i,vhich not only upset
tllc or<lcrly routine of the household, but also posed a real
threat to the very life of this valuable anima1.
Lcf s have 1-'lrfi. ~.sn tc11 the story in her own \Vords. Herc
is her report, dated August 4, 196:.
Dear Dr. Kirschner:
Jvly l1nsl)and and J arc cnthnsiashc rcaclcrs and s.tnJents
of vour articles au<l books.
✓
,v
c believe vnu will be interested
-

in our experience ,vith carrot jnicc a<l111inistcre<l to our clog.

Ou August 18, H)61, our veterinarian fonnd that onr ] 1 1/~-
year-old Dahnatian ha<l nephritis au<l a very large abdon1inal
tumor. He prescribed a canned diet to conlrol the urination,
which had become excessive and uncontrolled. 'l'he doctor ~aid
hi:.:: conh..l do an exploratory operation for the tnrnor~ ln1t did
not reconnnencl it in vie\v of the dog'.~ age and other factor.~.
The doctor believed he would find the lu1uor inoperable and
n1alignant. l returned the dog to the doctor one week Jater
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for further exa1nination. He found that the hnnor showed

further considerable growth, and pronounced it ua very rapid
grower." He felt the dog~s life expectancy was short.
I gave the dog the prescribed canned diet for four days.
By the fifth day his condition deteriorated greatly and he
began to lose weight rapidly. He became exceedingly thin
and bony. He grew very weak and trembled convulsively for
twcnty~four hours. During this period, I gave him his first
carrot juice, extracted \Vith a centrifugal type juicer. During
succeeding days 1 I increased his carrot juice intake to 32
ounces, then 45 ounces~ and finally two quarts daily. Since
then, he has taken two quarts of carrot iuice daily, almost
without exception. During the months when I am able to
get unsprayed, organically-grown apples, I a]so use apples in
the juicer. I have occasionally added celery or beets, but he
accepts the carrot juice more readily.
I e1iminated tneat altogether, but he has taken various
fruits and vegetables. Within 24 to 36 hours after we had
started on the carrot juice, his condition began to improve:
his strength began to return and the trembling stopped.
The dog's urination is now complete]y controlled ( a nor-
mally fastidious animal, he had previously lost control as
often as six times a day in the house). In spite of the high
intake of liquids, he has had no problem with his kidneys
for n1any months. He now goes for an eight or nine hour
stretch at night without having to get out.
The dog was re-examined monthly for the first few n1onths
of his iUness, and the doctor found that the tumor was con-
tinuing to grow, and had reached the size ·~the diameter of
a grapefruit and about seven inches long.a I now have him
examined every two months or so, and on the last two visits
the doctor said there had been no further growth.
The dog continues to drink two quarts of fresh juice
daily, though I now add a few tablespoonfuls of broth ( chicken,
beef liver, beef kidney, etc.)
 A Dog Story

In addition to the juices and the fruits and vegetables,

etc~, he is given a heavy intake of natural vitamins and
minerals.
He takes two packages monthly of a well-known food
supplement from natural concentrates, and t\vo packages
monthlv, of natural C vitamin tablets. Yon ,viii note that
this is double the amount of each recommended for hun1ans.
1ne dog regained his lost V{eight after a fe\\r 1nonths on
the diet. Now, almost one year from the discovery of his
tumor and nephritis, he is energetic, clear-eyed and obviously
in no pain. He sleeps "''ell and his eli111ina tion is norma 1.
The doctor is greatly impressed and says the dog~s condition
is "marvelous.'t He attributes it all to the diet, as he is merely
examining the patient and not adn1inistering treatn1ent~.
Sincerely yours,
11rs. L. E. S.
Flushing Kew York
1

In presenting the above story, no effort is being n1adc to

show that carrot juice will ever ~~cure~" a tumor, or any other
abnormal growth-malignant or otherwise-in man or dog.
But in observing this interesting "case-historyt' it is obvious
that carrot juice DID S01VIETHIKG to that decrepit old
Dalmatian that eventually halted the rapid progress of the
disease and brought the growth to a standstill as well as
restoring normal kidney and bladder function.
 Live Food Juices
''COMMENTARY ON JUICES"
Within recent 1nonths certain docu1nents fro111 the Divi-
sion of Scientific Activities of the An1erican Nledical Asso>
ciation l1ave co1ne to 1ny desk. I ,vas n1uch interested to fin<l
in one of t11ese a discussion of the nutritional value of vege-
table juice-particularly carrot juice.
The author points out tl1at certain 1nanufacturers of juice
extractors i1nply in their advertising that converting vege-
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tables to juices \vill, in son1e n1anner i1nprove the nutritional

value of the final product.~' ()bviously the process of convert.
ing vegetables into juice cannot ADD to their mineral_, vitamin
or enzv1ne
, content. The added value lies in the increased
an1ounts of these sub.stances one can consume \vhcn the vege-
tables are in iuice form. Thcrc.:forc, a good juicer is an invest-
111ent in health.
T'hese facts are emphasized by w·e1l~known nutritional
authorities, R. D. Pope, J\rl.D.~ and N. \\T. \Valker, D.Sc. In
their book, Ravi Vegetable Juices~ they state: "to overcome
the deficiency of live_, organic mineral salts in the human
body, an abundant use of ra,v vegetable juices is essential
because the digestive tract cannot assin1ilate the volume of
bulk otherwise required by eating raw vegetables and fruits
in sufficient quantities. As it is the chemistry of the 1ndivid~
ua] that makes hin1 vvhat l1e is, the copious intake of raw
vegeta1Jle juices \Vill so rc-chemicalize the body that nature
\Vill take care of the elimination nf disease and the regenera-
tion of the cells and the tissues.''
This sin1ple1 natural, body-building program is provi11.g
beneficial to tens of thousands of our readers. Letters co1nc
to n1y desk every day fron1 enthusiastic persons who arc faith-
fully following this progra1n_ Following arc sornc exa1np1es:

Dear Dr. Kirschner: I arn a retired drnggist, 64 years of

age. T have read your books and n1ost of yonr article:,:;. I have
had rhcn1natoid arthritis for 1nany vears, and n11bl about
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four months ago was a1most totally <lisablc<l. On February 1st

 A Dog Story

of this year { 1961) I discontinued the use of all cooked

foods, and began living on two or three quarts of carrot iuice
during the day, and a salad or a dish of \,l uscli for dinner
at night. This is supplcrnented \Vith your ~~Green Drink)'
whenever any good greens are available .
.A.fter about four mouths of this routine I hc_gan to 11otice
sonie di111inution of pain and an increased 1nobi1ity, Today 1

seven m.onths later, I can wall~ 1,vithout crutchetd This is

sornething I have not l)ecn able to do for years.
P .S.B. Arizona
Dear Dr. Kirschner: A friend aud I beca1ne interested in
live food juices and last "\Jovc1nber started on thc1n. I have
colitis and the juices have helped 1ne i1nn1ensely. I \vas also
subject to viruses ancl infections and have really developed
resistance against the1n because of the carrot jnicc. l\·ly friend
has arthritis and has had several operations. \V"e are both
waitresses and depend on our hands a lot. Hers s1rvcll and
give her pain at night and during the day too. She is drinking
about a pint of celery juice a day and a quart of carrot juice
\vith greens mixed in such as spinach and endive juice.
\Ve have benefited greatly fron1 your book and cantt in1aginc
being ,vithout our juices. 1\t tl1is date I have lost seventeen
pounds and hope to lose about seven to ten n1ore. It is the
first time I haven't gotten sick fron1 dieting. >lecd]ess to
say 111y juicer would be the last tl1ing T \vonld part \vith. I
plan to take it ,~.rith me on my vacation. i\:fost iu1portanl is
my little girl benefits fron1 it. 1-ly little girl who is ahnost
nine has had an allergic rhiuitis since ahnost birth and has
suffered a lot with viruses and infections. \Ve had occasion
to go to the doctor about a 111011th after we started taking
juices. Of course the doctor pooh-poohed the idea of juices
and said 'Il, \\l i\S A RACKE1,.H Hoivever~ he ~_;aid her nost:,
1

was in 1nuch better condition and tT1e plls and sore,{j and
i11flan1111atio11 gone. The n1c<licinc he gave her was so ha<l
tasting·-· I didn~t 1nake her take i~ after t.hc firsi" dav. and we
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haven't been back since or felt the need to. She feels better
and I am hoping for a complete cure.
Prior to taking the juices I believe I n1entioned that I
was barely able to drag myself to work. Well I really accom-
plish things now and I'm very busy. I am able no,v to take
art 1essons, something rve wanted to do for a long time.
I am a very nervous person and while I haven't completely over-
come that as yet~ I don't feel like I am always on tenterhooks
as I used to be. I DON'T NEED TRANQUILIZERS ANY
T\tf ORE AND I USED 'fO 'fAKE 'fHEM ALL 1,HE TIMF..
That alone is worth a lot to me.
Again I want to thank you for giving me a ne,,· lease on
life. Mrs. M. E.

Dear Dr. Kirschner: Last September I catne do,vn with

sciatica and after much suffering and spending three weeks
in a hospital-where they discovered I had too much uric
acid in my blood-I came home. Then had a relapse with the
pain which was very severe. In fact, so bad I was confined
to my home for tv,lo weeks. This pain settled in my lo\ver back.
I was desperate and \·villing to try anything. I bought
a juicer and started on carrot and celery juices. The results
\.vere almost miraculous, for in about a week I was back at work
and felt almost as good as I ever did. People who know me
and saw n1e when I was in so 111uch n1isery cannot believe
that it was possible for n1e to make such a quick recovery.
!\/Jany thanks for \vhat your information did for me.
Mr. L. J. J.

"Il'~S NOT' l'HE FOOD IN YOUR LIFE Bu·r THE LIFE

IN YOUR FOOD TIIAT COUNTSI"
CHAPTER TWELVE
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MORE LIVES CAN BE SAVED FOR
THE EFFORT EXPENDED, DOLL1\R
FOR DOLIJAR, BY GETTING 'T'HE
VERY BEST 1VU1"'RI1~101\r FOR ALL
OlJR PEOPLE TH ..4N \\,TE CAN E'lER
G . ~IN
. \·VT!Tl-I CURATI\1E OR PRE\1EN-
TIVE l\fEDICINE. ~ . CREATIVE 1\-fEDl•
CINE MUST BE FOUNDED ON GR0\ \TM 1

ING Tl·IE BEST FOODS. THUS ALONE

CAN WE CREATE REAL HEAL~f H
FOR OUR PEOPLE:'
- Dr. Jonathan Forman"
Prest.dent~ Friend, of the Land.
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A meal fit for n king! Herc is M. Diltz, raw- fooder and devotee of live rood juices, ready
for his noon-day n1eal. What a spread of Naturets bounties! Diltz is holding the book
'jNaturc. the Healer/~ by John T. Richter the book that started hiln on the road to health.
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Raw Food Juices Help
Restore Failinq Eyes
0 ~E Sunday morning last fall ,~hile sitting· under the
shade of the utnbrella tree in my Yucaipa g·arden, a
car drove up to the garden gate, and out stepped a lively
old man, ,,vho \Valked to the spot ,vhere I was sitting.
"Are }'OU Doctor Kirschner?') he inquired. vVhen l
ansv,rered in the atlirmative) he said: ~For a long· tirne I
1

have ·wanted to n.1eet vou,

, Doctor. I have read and re-re8d
your book Live Food Ju.iceJ) and have follo,ved your pro-
gra.rr1 faithfully for over two years. \Vould you like to hear
rny story? Of coLtrse I said ~·vest and hereby hangs a
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tale that I kno-w ,vill be of interest to all n1y readers.

The following narrative is the re5u]t of our conver:sa~
tion that brisk Sunday n1orning, and reveals the aln1ost
111iraculous. restoration of a sick man to health and activity
through simple, natural methods. The experience of this
rejuvenated old man of 77 years., e1nphasizes once again
the dictu1n of 1-Iippocrat.es, fa1nous Greek physician, lvho
declared: ~Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you
1

can heal the patient ,vit.h food!"

~/Jy nei~·-found friend, l\fr. ~11. Diltz, tvas born in Eaton,
Ohio, in the vear
•
1883. He moved to California in 1906 .
For 52 years he operated a one-man barber shop. i\t the
age of 30 young iv[r. Di.lu. beg,1n to suffer frnrn varicose
veins, and at 19 other uncon1fortable and alanning syn1p~
tarns revea.lcd the f~Kt that all ,vas uot well with this busv,
•
cnt.crprisiug barber. For 12 years he was the unhappy
,·ictin1 of tic doulou.re-uxJ a distressing and excruciatingly
painful spas111odic neuralgia of the facial nerve. R.elief
frorn this rare aihnent ca1ne after a surgical operation, in
,vhich the fifth cranial nerve was removed. .During these
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12 years of suffering (l932Ml944) Diltz took, on doctoes

orders, 18 aspirin tablets per day to relieve the pain.
In I 942, at the age of 59, Diltz•s physical troubles were
multi plied by a severe attack of diabetes, and in I 954 at
the age of 71 he was almost completely incapacitated by
yellow jaundice. His poor, overworked liver was finally
ready to quit functioning, and so ,-vere his eyes. So, in
addition to all his other troubles he ,vas faced with the
prospect of complete blindness. In fact one oculist in~
formed him that his eyes would only last another 30 days.
It was then that Mr. Diltz woke up. After years of
drug 1nedication he at last went to an osteopathic physician
for help. This doctor recommended that he try DIET as
a means of regaining his lost health. Under the wise care
of this physician Diltz eliminated meat and all other
animal products from his diet. One day - he calls it a
"red-lefter" day - he discovered a book called Nature,
the Healer, by John T. Richter. He also found help for
his failing eyes through the Bates Treatment, as outlined
in Dr. R. A. Richardson's book, and in spite of his
advanced age, his eyesight has miraculously improved.
After so many years of physical suffering, Mr. Diltz
and his faithful wife became interested in the cause of
disease, and they studied many books on the subject of
HE.A.LTH. It ,vas a Jong hard struggle to find and put
into practice the SEVEN ESSENTIALS OF HEAL TH -
(1) Fresh air. (2) Natural food. (3) Pure water.
(4) Sunshine. (5) Exercise. (6) Rest. (7) Mental
attitude.
Their determined search for these seven essentials''
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led Mr. and Mrs. Diltz a,vay from the crowded cities and
out into the clean air and ,varm sunshine of the desert.
In T,venty-nine Palms, California, he at last found the
environment best suited to rebuild' his broken, pain-
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racked body, and he sold his business and with his devoted
wife settled do,vn in tlvo little cabins in the high desert.
 Help Restore Failing Eyes !J l

During these years in the desert his health greatly

improved, and three years later he n1oved to the beautiful
Yucaipa Valley, another health '(mecca," with a climate
and soil favorable for growing all kinds of fruits, nuts,
and vegetables.
And there's where you will fine.I Mr. and :tvlrs. Diltz
today - working in the orchard and garden - enjoying to
the full the fruits of their labors, and reveling in Nature's
precious gift - unspoiled by processing and cooking.
l'v1r. and Mrs. Diltz agree with Dr. Richter, who sug-
gests that "the human animal once ate all his food fresh
from Nature's hands." They bemoan the fact that ·we
in our ultra-modern civilization Hhave departed frorn the
simplicity of natural foods, and have built up a bewilder-
ingly con1plex systen1 of feeding our bodies, until it would
take a Philadelphia la,vyer or an expert cook to tell just
how many mixtures go into each of the dishes that appear
upon our tables in the guise of daily bread.H
In the thought-provoking introduction to her Cookle."J.\
Book lvf rs. \' era Richter goes still further in her perora-
tion against the evils of 1nodern cooking. She declares:
1
'The preparation of a meal takes many hours of
exacting toil in a heated ten1perature and the ·wearied
house,vife sees the product of a n1orning's ,vork vanish in
half an hour. If she wonders what is the use of it all,
her answer is: Chiefly to create painful disturbances in
the interior dcparttnents of the various members of her
farnily, ancl r.o invite consequent doctor's bills and more
inefficiency in the individual victims of her cooked fonds. u
It ,\Tas not until rny visit to the ,vorld-famous Bircher-
Benner Sanatoriurn in Zurich, Switzerland, five years ago
that I became fully convinced in my own mind regarding
the superlaLive benefits to be found in the 1ncatless, raw-
food diet. After witnessing first-hand the many remark-
able cures and ahnost unbelievable case histories of that
institution, 1 can agree with Mrs. Richter's sunirnatton
of this vital topic as follows:
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centuries of baking: boiling, and stewing, it

u.i\.[ter
is somei,;hat of a shock to be confronted ·with the idea
of eating one's food unfired. 1-\ little thought ·will con-
vince one, however, that the most delicious part of any
1neal now served is the uncoohed f1art. vVhat about the
salads) the delicious vegetable combinations, the melons,
berries, avocados, fruit - in short, a g-ro·wing number of
uncooked foods are already being served on the up-to-date
table? The idea is rather inviting· after all. Of course,
1\0 COOKING would eliminate flesh foods, but there
is hardly any argument left for then1, any,vay, except that
perverted appetites still call for a species of ca.nnibalis1n.
The strongest 1ncn1bcrs of the animal kingdon1, a~ ,veil as
Lhose ,vith the best dispositio:1s, are nature food eaters.·~
Our i11ustration sho,,vs :\11r. Diltz nolv 77 years young,
surrounded by a bounteous supply of the natural foods
he has ]earned to love. In addition to the ra ,v fruits.
vegetables, and nuts, he takes a quart of the therapeutic
BGreen Drink" daily - plus a liberal quantity of fresh 1y
prepared carrot and celery juice. In bringing this chapter
to a dose, let me add four little one-syllable ,vords: ,vell
clone= 7V[r. f)i] tz!

TWO CLASSES OF FOODS

'There are two classes of foods. ='Jatural and uri~
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natt1Tal or 'processed.' The natural foods are the only

foods ,vhich ,vill encourag·e lite - promote streng·th and
endur1nce. and help restore lost health. The unnatural
foods wiH tihvays interfere ·with the nonnal functions of
the bodv,, ;1nd sooner or Liter c~use disease and decav, of
the body. You ,vill find the natur::1 l foods close to Nature
- in the gardens) orchards and fields, tapping all the vital
substances from the rain) soit atmosphere and sunshine -
coin bining these life-giving ele1nen ts so that they will be
exc1ctly right for your digestive system."
- Se·ven Essentials of lleallh, by [Jr. Philip JVelsh.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
"FOC>D 1\LONE CURES MANY
DISF..A.SES.H
- Hu Se-Hui,
Chinese Imperial Physician~ 1314 A.D.
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When three raw~fooders get together, there is plenty to talk about! Here the author is
shown with Frank. and Emma Jean Winkler, from Joliet, Illinois. They had read his book
and were eager to swap stories about the benefits of this new way of life.
 Papilloma Victim
Given One Year to Live!
T EN YEARS ago Frank P. \\Tinkler lva~ a jolly good
fellow, who, like the 1na jority of his fellow A.1nericans
- loved to eat. In factJ l-vhen not busy with his prosperous
laundry business, he was out searching for new gastrono1nic
thrills. Often this connoisseur of ugood food, u accompanied
by his pretty ,vife, '""'ould drive 150 miles to a famous res-
taurant for an especially delicious and luscious steak - 300
mi]es of tortuous driving _just for one tita1lating thrill!
0£ course the big steak that Frank loved so much vvas
just one item on the long intriguing n1cnu. :\1 ext to a
juicy steak pie was ~~winkler·s weakness.'· In fact, he was
just mad about pie - and ice cream! According to the
record, in addition, to a score of other rich foods, he and
his ,vife would consume a full quart of ice crean1 a day.
Also for the record, he ,va.s a heavy cigar smoker.
Slo,vly but inexorably all this abundant living had its
cumulative effect. Every single ounce of Frank ,vinkler's
high caloric diet seemed to show up on his rnassi ve 215-
pound frame. Was vVinkler concerned about his pre
carious predicament? Not he! And his neighboTs thought
the big ·waistline ,-vas becoming indeed - the n1a1·k of a
prosperous, successful, middle-aged business man.
In 1952, at the age of 54, in addition to the problerns
concomitant with overweight other telltale signs and
1

warning signals began to appear in the life of this busy ex~

ecutive. \Vinkler had long suffered the inconveniences of
chronic constipation and bleeding hemorrhoids. In fact
from childhood these difficulties had been an integral part
of his life pattern. i\11 through the years, he had used lax-
atives and purgatives in abundance to help Mother Nature
in her efforts to clean house.u But these harsh ]axatives~
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including mineral oil, were r..ot the anslver to his problem.
Year by year, the syrnptoms beca1ne progressively worse.
Another distressing symptom ivas the increased lrc~
quency of urinary evacuations ,vhich made it necessary for
him to get up many times. each night.
Strange as it may seem, neither he nor his lvife - nor
his doctors - had connected his bad dietetic habits ,vith
these unfortunate and unhappy malfunctions of the "body
temple.·· And at least, after decades of abuse, Frank \Vink-
]er's big overstuffed body ,va.s brought to the point of no
return. A con•plete physical collapse ,vas imminent.
The first alarming acute symptoms 1vere accornpanied
by a dangcrousJy high fever of I 0-1 degrees F. He ·was
rushed to a local hospital bed. ThcTc he lay for six long
weeks in pain so terrible that he was kept in sedation
most of the titne.
Unable to diagnose his severe illness the local physicians
decided to send him to a lvorld-Iamous clinic lor he] p.
i\t this clinic he ,,vas exan1ined by five specialists and
underwent exhaustive 1nedical tests to detern1it-1e the na-
ture and cause of his increasing physical disabil itics.
As a result of the testsJ it was found that Frank \Vink1er
was a victim of Paj1illom.a, or bladder tun1.ors. 'These wart-
likc, nipple-shaped gTo\vths h'Crc so nurncrous they had
greatly reduced the capacity of the bladder to retain urine
and had ahnost blocked the urethra, through which the
urine is passed out of the body .
...fwo of the clinic's physicians advised an inunediate
opei-ation. The other three specialists did not feel, ho,v-
ever. that tnajor surg·ery ,,..,-as indicated at that tin1e. It
\-Vas finally decided to perform a trans-urethra resection
and cut off these turnoTs without going th1·ough the
ahdorni nal wall.
A.ccording to Frank lVinkler's report. these surgeons
did not use the usua] cautery treatment, and the con-
.sequent bleeding ,vas both profuse and alarn1ing. ·f o
arnclioratc the terrible hcrnorrhag·ing-, he ~-1,•as put into a
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Sit.1. bath with alternatiug hot and cold water. Fortunate1yt

he surrived this l1arrowing ordeal.
·rhe above trealn1ent for the bladder turnors was
rcg·anled by the clinic's leading· physicians as n1erely a
··tetnporary rnc;isure.
H Frank and his wife ,vere told in
no unc:crr.ain tcnns t.hat unless he su brnitted to a 1najor
operation soon, he had only one ;,ear to live. A few weeks
later, the \Vink]ers returned t.o their horne in Joliet,
1llinois. And the prospects ahead were anything but rosy.
After this p.ainfu] and frightening experience .at the
hospit.a] and dinic.:, \Vinklcr finally decided to go on a
reducing dieL I-Jc figLncd that if he was going to sub-
mit to major surgery, his chances for survival were heller
if he slimmed down a bit and g-ot rid of s01ne of the
superfluous fat. So, tough as it was for this food-loving
gourn1et to restrict his eating hahits, his desire tor sur~
vival finally oven:arne his appetite tor rich foods and
forced hin1 to reduce the daily intake of calories.
In due ti111e he was rewarded for all his efforts by
exhibiting a 1nuch reduced waistline. But rnuch to his
disappointtnent and that of his wife, the distressing·
syrnptoms noted a hove sti It remained a plague hirn.
It was during· one of his yearly vacation Lrips to
\'lexico City thaL Frank hecan1e acquainted with a fa111ous
\·Jexican doctor who had ''done wonders" in treating the
prostate gland. ·rhis noted physician sent hirr1 to a
hospital for X-rays and <l <.:y~toscopic examination. 'I'he
exatnination showed that numerous PajJillomr1 ·were still
dogging the bladder and the urethra. The doctor wanted
to perforrn an i1nn1ediate operation.
But Frank \.Vinkler had 1nade up his mind about
operations. He told that doctor that he would rather
die than su bn1it to major surgery. So he left Mexico
without the operation and in the san1c state of ill health
that had brought him there.
On their homeward journey the Winklers stopped off
for a few days in Tucson Arizona. Here they found a
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health food store ,vhere they could obtain freshly-pressed

carrot juice. On one of their frequent visits to this storeJ
the proprietor offered to demonstrate the juicer for them.
He then turned to his book rack where health books
were on display, took do\vn a little green book and started
to read to them. lie read that by taking carrot and
parsley juice, 1nade with this machine, 1\-fr. \'\linkler·s
~crious chronic condition might be relieved. '"I'he name
of the book ,vas rrRaw Vegetable Juices/' by Dr. Norman
\Valker, of \Vickenburg, Arizona.
Vv.. ithout further ado, the \Vinklers purchased a copy
of tbe book, and took it to their motel to read. That
night they could not sleep until they had read Dr. \'\lalker's
hook from cover to cover. Not only were they thrilled
with ,vhat they read about the magic healing and restora-
tive powers contained in live food juices, but they were
fi11ed with new hope that at long last they had actually
found the way to renewed vitality and lasting good health.
From their friends at the health food storet they secured
Dr. \\Talker's address and also that of the factory \vhere
the juicer was made.
Before leaving their '"Tucson 1notel, -:\1lrs. ,vinkler
remarked to her husband, "If ,ve are going to see this
scientist (Dr. \'\Talker), we will never be any closer to
him than ,ve are right no,v!"
Frank agreed with his ,-vife, and the following day
they headed straight for \Vickenburg- Dr. \\Talker's new
headq t1arters at the Kay-El-Bar Ranch.
On their arrival in \,Vickenburg, Frank and En1n1a
jean Winkler made an appointment to see Dr. Walker.
From this first intervie,,.r they received much helpful
instruction, and made plans to return to the Kay-El-Bar
1-lealth Ranch for a longer stay the following month.
In May, 1957. they spent six ,veeks studying with Dr.
Walker;, and according to their enthusiastic report, they
enjoyed every minute of it.
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On their arrival at the Health Ranch, Mr. \Vinkler

\vas so ,-veak he could scarcelv, make his ,vavI around \4,,.ith-
out help. However.1 in less than l O days on the raw food
diet, the live food juices, and l-vi th the help of the
cleansing colonies and enemas.. he regained so much
pep and energy that he insisted on mo,v1ng the Ia,vns!
In fact, he felt like a new man!
Early in their slay in \-\lickenburg· the JUH.. er the
\Vinklers had ordered \'\.'as delivered to then1. · fhey
were thrilled with their ne\v-tound treasure - tor they
were uow equipped to 1nake a11 t.heir O\\i"ll fresh vegetable
juices including parsley and other green, leafy veg·etables.
During their six ,veeks' stay, Dr. \Va]ker discovered
that J\.fr. and Mrs_ Winkler ,vere suffering from worins.
Strange as it may seem, a11 the X-rays and -the meticulous
medical examinations made during the years of Frank
vVink1er\ long illness failed to revea1 any signs of these
health•destroying, voracious and loathson1e creatures.
I am glad to report that the high enemas and colonies
recommended by Dr. \\Talker resulted in the eventual
passing of 1,5 IO worm seg·rnents from Frank \\!inkler·s
intestinal tract, plus a huge tapeworrn 11 feet long.
!\.1rs. \-Vink1er also expelled worn1s \.\lith every enen1a
until March J 7, I 958. Ho,vever, neither of then1 ·were
able to comp]etely conquer the ,-vorms until they ,vent on
a raw papaya diet, with nothing but papaya for six days,
then juices for six days, followed by another six days on
papaya. That, thank goodness, lvas the end of the l\!OTm
problem!
Regarding the enemas and colonies, \\Tinkler l-vritesJ
u\Ve ,-vere taught before con1ing to the Kay-El-Bar Ranch
that colonies and enemas ,vere dangerous. Now· I can
truthfully say that they have sa,red our lives and brought
abundant health to both of us!''
Before: leaving \Vickenburg, F1·ank and Emma Jean
Winkler decided to go ..all the ,-vay'' in the program of
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healthful living, as taught by Dr. \.Yalker. They dete1-

mined that henceforth they \•lould eat nothing but raw
fruits and vegetables and the juices from these live foods.
It was a pretty big decision for these two former gourmets
to make. But their decision \•.-+as final and irrevocable.
On returning hornet \1/ithout so rnuch as a parting tearJ
the \Vinklers tossed out their beautiful electric range, and
in its place, they lovingly installed the g1eaming new
Juicer. \Vith almost religious zeal, they next cleaned
out the medicine cabinet - containing almost a bushel-
basketful of drugs, potions and pills - and threw
them into the ash can. 'Then they called in their neigh-
bors and friends and gave away all their flour, sugar,
canned goods and processed foodstuffs until the cup-
boards were bare!
For three years novv, this enlightened fa1nily has not
touched a mouthful of cooked or processed food. No
meat, no fish or folvt no eggs, no milk, cream or cheese -
no canned goods of any description, and no legumes have
appeared on their still bountiful table. \Vhat is the
result or fruitage of all this ..sacrificet• of the culinary
nrts in this home? For an answer letts listen to Frank
,vinkler's own personal tes.tin1ony:
"\Vithout surgery and without drug medication of
any kind - gone fa the bothersonte constipation! Gone
are the painful bleeding hemorrhoids! Gone are the
noxious devitalizing worrns! Gone is all that superfluous
fat! And gone forever, thank God, is the grim spectre
of death that haunted me for so long following the
doctor's frightening prognosis. ,vhile the bladder tumors
have not entirely disapp~ared as yet, they apparently have
been brought under controlJ and no longer constitute a
'Sword of Damocles' hanging over my head and threaten-
ing to terminate my earthly career.
u ~.\t the age of 621 my ,veight is precisely what it
should be - not one pound over nor one pound under -
but just right for my height (5 feet 8 inches), an even
 On,e Year lo l . . ive IOI

156 poundsl At long last 1 have experienced the joy of

eating to live! - not just living to eat!"
Are you ill -- suffering frorn so1nc so-called incurable
0

rnalady?" If so, it might be \i.:ell for you to consider the

example set for these nvo doughty pioneers in diet reform.
During their first visit on Sunday afternoon, January
10, 1960, at my l\1onrovia home, Frank and Emma Jean
\Vinkler not only related their interesting case histories 1

but they also g·ave n1e their daily . menu - the 1nost
important single factorJ not only in their remarkable
recovery, but in their present state oE vibrant good health.
'fhis menu is of such value that I wish to pass it on to
my readers for their study and edification.
As a physician interested in the healing and Testorative
pow·er of nature, I ,vish to commend this simple diet to
all my friends who may he suffering from distressing
chronic ailments and the all-too~prcva1ent diseases of
physical degen era ti on.
l"his program, by the w·ay, is nothing new. In fact ra,\1
fruits and vegetables, just as they came from the hand of
the Creator_. were among the foods given to man in the
Garden of Eden. And accordin~ to the Scriptural record,
those hardy primeval ancestors of ours Jived to the ahnost
incredible age of 1,000 years! So, if the \Vinkler program
is faddism" - lefs have 1nore of the same! At least they
11

are in Htune" ,vith the Creator!

Listen, while the \Vinklers tell in their ow11 words
the details of their "new· ,vay of life."
First thing in the morning ,ve take the juice of one
11

lemon in l-Varm water. One-half hour after the drink, ,-,,..e

eat our breakfast of whatever fresh fruit is available.
This winter we have been eating gr:apefruit for breakfast
- organic~lly-grown grapefruit ,vhcnevcr possible.
"During the middle of the 1norning 1;.ve each drink a
pint of carrot juice. At noon our meal consists of a huge
vegetable salad weighing fro1n three to four pounds. Often
102 J ,ive Food ] uices

there are up to sc,·enteen different kinds of vegetables

in this salad. Of course this salad is made for two
persons. \Ve use no nuts or fruits of any kind ·with
these vegetable salads. A.s a dressing we use lemon juicet
safflo,ver oil and honey seasoning ~ t ,vith a vegetable
seasoning, alfalfa, s,veet basit kelp, tahini, etc. 'rhe
dressing is made ivith our blender. \Ve change the base
each day for the sake of variety.
\-\bout I: 30 in the afternoou lvc take a pint of carrot
1

juice each, and at 3:B0 a second pint of the sarne. For

supper ,ve eat ,vhatever truil is available in season ---
persin1n1ons, apples. gTapes. pears, nectarinest or papaya,
,vhic.h is our favorite fruit; but ,ve never mix nvo kinds
o( fruits at the san1e meal. \Ve eat about c,vo pounds of
fruit apiece for supper.
u At 7: 30 in the C\.'Cning ,ve each take another pint of

carrot juice. Freshly pressed fruit juices are sometimes

substituted. \\Te often mix the juices from green leaves
in ,vith the carrot juice. These include such potent juices
as parsley, celery~ \-Vatercress, dandelion, kale, etc.
"\Ve have found by long experience this menu supplies
all our dietetic requiren1ents including the important
protein factor, and keeps us both in a state of good
health the year around."
Today this happy, vibrant-,-vith-life couple live five
months of each year in t.he trailer they purchased in I 957.
They love to travel and enjoy good; organically-grown
foods so abundant nnw in Southern California. By the
,vay, the n1ost i1nportant piece of equipment in the
\'\Tinkler ~1obile Ilo1ne is their precious juicer. It travels
with the1n w·henever and lvherever they go.
In bringing this chapter to a close, I cannot help but
agree \Yith the \Vinklers, ,vho in turn follovl the teachings
of Hippocrates, Father of f\.·ledicine, ,vhen he declared:
"Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal
the patient with food.u
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CAN I NO~f .EN_JO\' --rH E f()OI) I
] ,I K 1~: 1\N I) IJE I l J-:i\I~' r 1-1 ,,..? (: Ii: R~r 1\I N-
I,'{. IF YO (_J ~~JRSrr 1\.1AK F. S (JR E \'() (J
t; 1 1~ '"f I-I.I:: 1~()0D YOU N l~:EI). SCIEN-
1: .. 1

' 1~ IS' fS IN ·1·HE .FIELD o:F NV.-fRl~fJON

SEf~l\·f ""fO BE UNA~Il\..fOUS II\"
:\GREE ING .-fHi\.T ON E-HAI~F OF ALI~
CAl~ORTJ::S SHOUIJ) CO:\-IE FRO~I
llA \,\t \ 1 1~:(;~:--J~ABI .r~S, FRUITS AN I)
!\·I 11.K PR()l)UCTS.
 H. C. WHITE: PHOTO

Mrs. A. the once hopeless arthritic, now works hard all

day in a large upholstering plant in Monrovia. Here she
is at one of the many large sewing machines. She takes
a half-gallon jug of carrot juice ·with her to the shop each
day. For her thrilling story turn to page 51. After her
busy day at the factory she says: ! could
11 dance all
night!" Here indeed is a ''modern miracle"!
The Voice of
Experience
M Y FIRST heart attack \Vas in February, 1942. I spent
eight weeks in the St, I-Ielena Sanitarium and Hos-
pital. I ,vas unable to ·walk for the fol lowing three or four
,veeks. I suffered pain and attacks which kept me at home
for the next eight or nine months, I started work on my
old job after a year's absence; but as soon as I \vou]d work
a Ii tt1e too hard., back to the hospital 1 vvou ld go.
"Then in 1948, to aggravate rny conditiou J was 1

afflicted ,vith arthritis. This condition became steadilv.

,-vorse. I spent hundreds o{ do11ars on doctors and pre-
scriptions. T,vo fingers on my left hand \vere crippled.
In I 953, neuritis and bursitis set in my back~ shoulders
and arms; also my right leg and hip, which left me in
terrible pain. I ,vas no,v con1pletcly help1ess.
'~I took hypos and drugs until I got n1y juicer i11
October, 1953. I drank [rom tt-vo to three q uart.s of carrot
and celery juice daily. In nine ~veeks, all my pain had
left. In less than a year, rny fingers ,vhich 'Were ~tilt
straightened up so that 1 could use the1n again.
HI also had prostate gland trouble for over seven
years. I had to go to the bathroom fron1 six to seven
time" at night. I ,vent to the doctor's every Thursday
for a massage and treatment, ,vithout any relief, ,vhich
took a lot of time and money. Since taking my juices,
I have positively cured my prostate gland condition. 1
\Vould take two ounces of pure parsley juice frorn t.hrcc
to four times daily.
"In fact., I have no arthritis or neuritis or prostate
gland trouble since, and my heart is getting stronger
rapidly.H
105
106 Live Food juices

LETTER NUMBER TWO

,iPrevious to my having access to the juice, I was forced
to be faithful to a rigid diet of goat milk and soft boiled
eggs. It was an extremely difficult situation trying to
perform a day's labor on such a diet. After receiving the
advice of a number of people and the good news contained
in a book, recommended by yout confirming the fact
that the raw vegetable juices would help relieve my
ulcerous stomach condition, I purchased a machine.
I can gratefully say the cabbage, celeryj and carrot juices
proved their hea1ing power in my case. Even though my
stomach no longer bothers me, I am continuing to drink
the juice. In fact, my wife and I consider the juices the
most refreshing and nourishing beverage one can consume
any time of the day or night.n

LETTER NUMBER THREE

"'I an1 sixty..seven, and the arthritis does not bother
1ne any more. I went to a doctor for many months. tried
eliminating certain foods, took different kinds of medi-
cine; had short ,.i. ave treatments, and gold shots, etc.,
1

and still got worse instead o( better. Prior to taking

treatrnents from this doctort I had tried U\to different
kinds of vitarnin courses, that cost more than the juicer
did.I and still did not get results.
HI ,vas getting to be rather helpless, as it hurt to wring
out my wash cloth, lift a dish, or do any housework. I was
constantly rubbing my hands when I could, to try and
relieve the hurt; knitted a lot to try and keep my hands
supple. I was about to sell my automobile, as it hurt so
to drive, or hold the wheel. Jt even hurt to pul] the bed
c.overs over me; and it was commencing to hurt in dif-
ferent parts of my body. I visualized myself a.i. " helpless
cripple. Then - we bought the juice extractor, and that
was May 14, 1949. I used the juices as recommended,
with the result that one day about rhn:'!e months Jilter.
 The floice of Experience 107

I realized I was without a pain, or any discomfort. I had

not kept track and so how much sooner I was healed, I
do not knowJ but it definitely was done. And now at this
writing I an1 still entirely well, and of course keep on
using the juices. It is ,vonderful to be able to again be
active 1-vith no hurt to painJ or discomfort.t'

LETTER NUMBER FOUR

During· the cherry harvest of 1949 I began to go
do\vn hill very rapidly. I had to force myself to keep
going. FoT several years I had realized that something was
seriously ,vrong, but would not give up, and continued to
"carry on." After cherry harvest, ho,vever, I went to see
l)r. Bt who ,vas highly recon1mended to me. After. a
thorough exatnination he informed me that the mouth
of rny bladder had gro1-vn shutt and that l would have
to un<lergo surgery. On October 2nd, I 949 I entered
Conununity Hospital and was operated on. The surgeon
reruoved a cancer.
Be1ore I got out ol the hospital I developed a blood
l lot in hotli legs, and was compelled to rernain for another
nvo n1onths. After coming home I 1uacte no improvement.,
a11d a ~hort whi]e later a blood clot also developed in rny
1ungs. I ~vas taken to a nearby Sanitarium for treaunent.
1\fter returning hotneJ 1ny heart was so bad I couldn t walk
1

across the street without collapsing, and for two years J

~at \vith my feet propped up. ~ly old 'ticker" didn"t have
1

enough power to pump the blood either to my feet or

rny head. ..rhe doctors told me that I might possibly live
a year if I kept quiet - but no more.
· fhen I found some literature on the therapeutic value
of live food juices. 'fhe idea appealed to me. I ,-.ras des•
perate and willing LO cry anything. I figured I had nothing
to lose and possibly something to gain. So I bought a
juicer and commenced to drink quantities of carrot and
celery juice - within a month up to one-half g;11lon a day
108 Live Food Juices

I immediately began to gain - and after four years I am

still at it ~ using one quart of the juices every day.

LETTER NUMBER FIVE

"I am '-"'riting you about the vegetable juices and what
they have done for our family. Since February, 1956 Vt~e
have used lots of celery~ spinach, carrot and parsley juices.
My father-in-Ia,v has been afflicted ,vith diabetes for
twenty years, and was taking 15 units of Insulin. On
February 28th, 1956, after only t~wenty days on the live
food juices he was taking five units_. and ,vas eating many
more things than he. had ever been <tble to do. He feels
hetter and looks better, and he is seventy-nine years old!
\Vhat is more he is active and w·orks every day. '\Ve are
al] thrilled about the vegetable and £Tu it juices, and think
they are wonderful."

Ilr. Bircher-Benner Recommends

LIVE FD □ Il JUICES
"'Juices are far superior to a milk rliet. T'hey arc
invaluable against diseases o( metabolism such as gout
and obesity. What is aimed at in such cases is the tem-
porary reduction of food to a minimum in order to obtain
the combustion of fat, to neutralize the poisoning effects
oE uric acid and to bring about its excretion. Anyone
who understands ho,v to observe such cases will be con-
vinced of the astonishing nutritive po,ver of this food.
These nutritive juices are as it weret the 'mother's milkt
of those ,vho are seriously ill, the only food they are still
able to take. But they are not to be considered as mere
beverages, The patient is not to drink them, he is to eat
them. One small spoonful after another is to he taken
anrl ,i;;lowly swallow·ed." - nr_ J\.f. Rirc.her.Benne-r.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
HIN CASE OF SICKNESS, THE CAUSE
SHOULD BE ASCERTAINED, UN•
HF.}\.l.tTHFUL CO~DITIONS SJ-,IOULD
BE CHANGED, \VRONG HABITS
C~ORREC'I'ED. ,_rHEN NATURF: IS ,.fC)
Br: ASSISTF.D IN IIER EFF~OR'I"' 'T"()
EXP~:I.. lMPlJRI'J'I~:s A"Nl) '1 Rt:-
1
()

ES.-f'ABLISH RJ(;H--r (:()Nl)l,-rl()NS IN

THE SYSfMfEM.''
- Ministrv of Healing, page 127.
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H. C. WHITE PH □T □

Believe it or not this radiant personality is none other

than our 1amous 41 Mrs. X.'' She attributes her miraculous
restoration to a diet of one gallon of carrot juice per day
over a period of eighteen months. Her splendid health
and tireless energy are maintained on a low protein diet
consisting of carrot juice only during the day, and in the
evening. a large raw vegetable salad, avocado, sunflower
and sesame seeds, and a few nuts. This recent picture is
proof positive of the miraculous power of sim.ple, raw juices
to re-build a sick. starving body to a con di trnn of optimal
health. (See illustration on page 30.)
This Question
of Protein
O NE OF THE MOST frequent questions asked about
the raw juice diet is: "vVhere ,vill I obtain the
proteins that my body needst· ,vhen I refer my quesM
tioners to the experience of Mrs. X (the carrotMjuice
woman) it is difficult for them to believe that anyone
J

could gain seventy pounds in eighteen months on a diet

of carrot juice alone - with no other supplementary
sources of protein.
The remarkable restoration of· J\frs. X took place ten
years ago, and since then fresh raw juices with a salad
each day have been this busy woman's diet. Her radiant
personality and vibrant good health are reflected in the
accompanying photograph taken only a few months ago.
(See frontispiece.) For Mrs. X the controversial "Protein
Question'· has been forever settled. She finds adequate
protein of the highest nutritional quality in a simple diet
of raw juices and leafy vegetables!
But, ,vhat about the high protein diet thought now
to be so essential as to require the use of flesh foods? For
an authoritative answer to this important question, let
me refer my readers to some of the ,vorld's leading
research scientists in the field of nutrition. Their experiM
1nents, observation, and mature conclusion may prove
helpful to those of us 1-vho want to KNOW the truth.
Dr. L. H. Newburgh, of the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, is regarded as one of Americats leading physiM
ological chemists. In rat feeding experiments, this scientist
started with 15% protein, w·hich was a normal rat diet.
He then added meat protein up to 25%. According to
the record, ''the rats showed bigger growth and more
activity than normal controls~ but in one and one•half
111
112 J.ive Food Juices

years their kidneys showed advanced Brighfs Disease. ·rhe

appearance of the rats/' declared Dr. Nev;burgh, 'twas
no index of ·what ·was taking place in their kidneys." As
he pushed the meat diet higher (up to 80% of their
food) the kidney daJn.age appeared earlier and was n1ore
severe. A.t the condusion of his experiinents he observed:
"Protein is awfu11y poor fuel for heat and energy" - too
111uch SLAC;!
Jn a book l(The NutriLion of Man,,. the distinguished
physiological chemist~ Dr. Russell Chittenden of Yale
University, c.a1ls attention to the fact that the American
diet is far too high iri pTotein, and especialJy meat protein.
This noted scientist proved conclusively t.hat not only
could the daily amount of protein be reduced to as low as
50 grams or less, but also proved that such a "lowering
of the protein greatly increased the health, enduntnce,
and working power of the individual."
Some time ago Ovlen S. Parrett, M.D., long~time re-
searcher and advocate of a Io,..,. protein diet, wrote to Dr.
Frederick J. Stare, head of the department of NutritionJ
Harvard School of Public Heah.h. This leader in the field
of nutrition answered Dr. Parrett's questions as follows:
I. Question: Is meat essential to an adequate diet?
Ans1ver: "It is possible to have an adequate diet
\t/ithout consuming meat.''
2. Question: \Vhat is your standard requirement ol'
protein per day?
Answer: blt is desirable to consun1e somewhere
beti\~een 60 aHd 100 grams of protein per day.
,vith adequate calories in the diet the amount
of protein for an adult can probably he reduced
to as lov,• as 40 grants."
3. f,.!uestion: llo whole grain ccrei:lls furu ish ccnnpletc::
proteins?
A.nswer: .. Cereals are good sources of protein aud
lvhen used in the proper mixture wi11 supply
complete p,·otein."
 'J'htJ Q ueJI iu11. uj PI ult:i 11. I l ~l

4. Question: Can an adequate diet be secured tVithout

meat, eggs, or milk?
1\nswer; ~'It. is not absolutely necessary that n1ilk
aud eggs be in<:ludccl in the diet if n1eat is
on1iued; as adequate protein can be obtained by
using mixed ~"·hole grains, legumes and nuts."
In his thesis on "PROTEINS/' Lloyd K. Rosenvold,
1\-1.lJ.J of Montrose, Colorado, agrees ,NiLh lJrs. Newburgh,
Chittenden, and Stare. H·e states that 1\ tew years ago0

it was thought that a high protein diet (I 00-150 grains per

day) was essential. Recent infonuar.io11, however, seen1s
to indicate that if good quality protein is used the tor.al
an1ount need not be so great. . . . \'egetarians, though
someti1nes irnpaiTed in efficiency, thrive on 40-60 grains
of protein at 70 Kilogran1s body weight. .A case illustra-
tive of this ,vas a physician, ag·cd 48, ·who maintained
normal physical ability and normal che,nical con1posit.ion
of the blood on a dailv ca1oric intake of I 600-1800 calories,
'
and a daily protein intake of only 30-40 grarns_ His only
source of animal protein \Vas 80 r:c. of rnilk daily.ti
"Another physician, Dr. C. Rose, Jived for fifteen yeaTs
with a daily intake of 38-40 g-y-an1s of protein, and during
[his period, without signs of unusual fatigue or exhaus•
Lion, cli1nbed nventy-twn n1ounLai11 peaks, including the
tormida ble 1\1atterhorn. H

F1·01n the A rn.erican Jou.rual of Public H·ealth, I pr~-

se11t a report from Dr. Irederick .f. Stare and Georg·e \V.
·f'horn as follows; Int.eresting data on dietary protein and
0

signs of protein deficiency have recently been reported by

Youn1ans. Out of a gToup of appToxin1atc]y I, 100 in-
dividuals in Tennessee that ,vere studied in considerable
detail~ there were son1e 40';¼j whu had a dietary protein
intake of less than 50 grains daily. 111 these 450 indivi-
duals ,vho had b~en rec..:eiving less Lhan 50 gran1s of proteiu
pei- day, probably toi- n1ost of Lheh· lives, only 5 subjects OT
less than 1o/(, had clinical evidence of protein lteficien<..y.
114 l..ivt: Food } uice,ti

Furthermore) the caloric intake of these individuals was

in general lol-v, and it is entirely possible that with an
adequate caloric intake r10 signs of protein deficiency
would have occurred."
All this scientific testimony fron1 leading authorities
in the field of nutrition takes on added weight when we
realize that we are here dealing with the most important
factor in the composition of our bodies. Protein has been
called Uthe essence of life," and in a very real sense that
1

is true of all animal and vegetable life. Proteins are the

"building blocks' out of which the structure of physical
1

existence is composed. It is to the human what steel is to

the automobile; and it ,vears out just as steel wears out,
and must be replaced through our food.
There are many forms of proteins, and we have heard
1nuch emphasis to the effect that animal protein is the
most important. But this is not necessarily true. I have
in my hand at the present monient a book in which there
has been collaboration by six leading authorities in the
rnedical and bio-chemistry fields, and here is a direct
stateinent n1ade by them:
•·\Vhether proteins in the food are of animal or plaut
origin is completely immaterial, since they are all broke11
down into their amino acids before they can be built into
the structure of the body; as no protein molecule in the
condition in ,-vhich it exists either in plant or animal can
be absorbed into the bloodstream until it is broken down
into its component amino acids."
Dr. Shern1an. eminent nutritional authority of Colum-
bia University states that the energy needs of the body
can be far better met by carbohydrates than by protein.
Furthermore, if ,~e follo,v ,vhat Dr. Sherman points out,
that one•half the calories taken as food should be in the
form of vegetables and fruitsJ our nutritional needs will
be adequately taken care of. \Ve wilJ have no need to
fear a protein deficiency.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
HAGRICULTURAI~ AND NUTRI-
TIONAL SCIENCE CAN BANISH BOTH
HUNGER AND MAL.NUTRITION
FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR
PEOPLE ALMOST AS COMP LE TELY
J.\S BACTERIAL SCIENCE BANISHED
YELLOW FEVER AND CHOLERA ... :'
- N. Philip Norman M.D.
1
 H. C. WHITE PHCTO

'l'hi~ enchanting photograph o! Ont! of 1.-·ore8t Lawn's most

beautiful statues is a fitting symbol of woman's grace>
1

tendernesis and beauty. Every line of this lovely figure in

1narble reveals the role of "C'orrect nutrition" 1n building
"The Body Beautiful."
The Body Beautiful
By Movie Actress Ingeborg Loff
Y OU'VE seen 1ne 011 1nagazi11e covers and in pictures.
But I ·want you to know at twenty-five no one living
would have wanted 1ny picture.
"]\·(y figure ,vas dumpy, n1y cornplexion like the bot-
torn of a dried river. I had liLtle water,· eves and no eve-
1, ., •

lashes. i\f y hair \Vas a rnatted 111ass of colorless twine. My

few· acquaintances callccl rne dull_, stupid, and even a
11.i tura I horn idiot. rfhe only thing· that rea11y interested
rue was sleeping. No 1nan ever asked t\vice to take tne out.
I had been to a splendid school. l\·ly father and mother
were wonderful peop]e~ but 1 hod all the appearance.~ ol
i1 ~crub-,.,,~oman of fifly when I was only nventy-fivc. I
couldn t secure ,vork of a 1uental order. In terrible dis-
1

c.:ourag·ement I applied for a housekeeping position. It was

t.vith a Scandinavian doctor in Ne\\7 York City.
:.~~fter I had ,vorked for hin1 a ,veek he asked me if he
could experiment ,vith me promising that nothing '\'\.'Ould
hurt n1e, that I was a chemical plant like everything else
in :"Jature, and that if I ,vo1lld let hin1 1nake 1ne over, he
would see that I was helped to the top in bette1· ,vays.
"It required a v.reek of experimental "\\i·ork on his part
hefoTe I realized that I was beginning· to think and look
(liffercntly. 1t see,ned strange. He fed n1e special rneal~
six tin1es a da v. I had no ·white bread or starch of anv
• J

kind. 1--le n1ade n1e drink sn1all drinks of vegetable juices

several times dailv. Once a ,veek I ,vas sho,,vn before a
I

group o[ doctors lvho were studying bio-chetnislry with

the doctor. 1 . . hey all took notes on n1y change in hair,
color of eyes1 depth of chest, greater slenderness of ankles,
and they pinched rny skin to note hon,· it changed eac:h
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118 Live Food Juices

week. I was getting a marvelous complexion. My hair was·

glowing. and was turning lighter with golden tints in it.
I wanted to run and shout for the sheer joy of living. My
finger nails, my eyebrows and lashes were growing better
and developing a gloss. The fat lumps about my hips had
disappeared. I lost twenty-five pounds and yet I had been
eating oftener. I became fired with ambition. My mind
and heart went out to new studies. new people, and l
know I had never really lived before I had been analyzed
by this doctor."
- From 1"'he Body Beautiful, an American Magazine.

Formula tor f}r. Kirschner's Therapeutic

GREEN IlRINli
15 Almonds 4 Pitted Dates
5 Teaspoonfuls Sunflower Seeds
(Soak overnight in water)
Fill the liquifier above the blades with unsweetened
pineapple juice. (Approximately 8 ounces) . Place the
softened nuts, seeds and dates in the pineapple juice and
liq uify. Pour this mixture into a pitcher.
Next, take four large handfuls of green leaves~ such
as alfal£a, parsley, mint, spinach, beet greens, water-cress;
and if obtainable, comfrey and such nutritious weeds as
fillaree, malva, or lambs' quarters. (Do not use stems.)
Liquify the greens in 8 ounces of unsweetened pine-
apple juice. 'fhen put the two mixtures together and stir.
Caution: Do not have the mixture too thick. Some
like to put the combined mixture through a coarse sieve
or strainer before serving to eliminate the pulp.
 The Bady Beautiful l Jg

MUSELI
Cfhe Delicious Raw Porridge Formulated hy the late
Dr. Bircher-Benner)
The portion for one person is as follows:
( 1) 2 sn1all apples, or one large apple
(2) I tablespoonful almonds, \valnut.s,
pecans or hazel-nuts {grated)
(3) 1 tablespoonful rolled oats~ previously
soaked for 12 hours in ,va ter
(4) Juice of half a lemon
(5) 1 tablespoon of top milk or crean1
(6) Honey to taste.
First mix the cream and honey and len1on juice with
the rolled oats. Then grate the apple - including the skin,
core and seeds - into the mixture with a two-way grater.
Stir continuously. The grated nuts are then sprinkled
over the dish to increase protein and fat values.
Postscript ■ ■ ■

I~ CONCLlJl)TN(~ our treatise on the therapeutic

value of live food juices, I lvish to rnake it plain that
1t IS quite impossible within the scope of a single boo.k
to give rnore than a brief glin1pse into this challenging
phase of dietetics and its gro,ving influence in the field
of curative and preventi\'e 1nedicine.

In Ll\'E FOO.D JUICES I have endeavored to por-

u·ay to you sonic of the exciting possibilities in store
for you through the use of these natura] life-giving and
life-... ustaining FO()DS. If it has helped you to discover
sotne ne\'t.' sources o[ LIFE and HF.AI.TH this book ,-vi 11
have fulfilled the purpose of the author.
Jn (onclusion I wish Lo expre.~s 1ny deep apprec:iatio11
to all those lvho have ,i.tssistccl i11 the preparation of this
vohune:
·]'o Dr. Fred D. 1\·liller for his splendid Introduction.

~fo Kay K. '"fho1nas~ Editor of Lets- J__.,i·oe, and Herbert

C. \V-bite, for their invaluable editorial assistance.

'l"o the lT. S. l)cpart1ncnt of Agri.cult.uTt', the lJni-

\ t"rsities and Research Centers, who have so g-cncrousl}'
contributed their technical knowledge in preparing the
chapters on l\1ineral and Vitan1in Sources.
'fo the publishers ol ·rhe Bod)! Beau.tif ut lor the
ins.piring story of 1\1'ovie . :\ctress
. Ingeborg LofE.
To the Union Pacific Raihvay, the lJ. S. Depart-
ment of A.gricu1ture, and Photographer Herbert Clarence
\Vhite, for the use of their splendid photograph~.
To one and all of you Nly HEARTFELT
-rHA. NKS! ---The A.uthor.
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