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When your body goes into a healing crisis (=acute disease) - don't interfere! Leave it alone and it will do the job for you. It is totally self-sufficient if its simple biological needs are met from the outside. Rest, sleep, eat a little, drink water, smile! Your body is the master of its domain! The most important principle to keep in mind is that the purpose in making changes in your food intake at all is to work with the body, freeing up energy that will allow your body to carry out its healing efforts. The less you eat that taxes your digestive tract, - the more energy your body will have to do its repair work. No matter what the uninformed may tell you about the need to eat to "keep up your strength", remember that food takes energy before it becomes a source of energy. We have stored in our body enough nutrients to live for weeks without food, so going light for a few days cannot hurt! (Diamond: Fit for Life II) |
The good doctor is a good teacher. Just as he proceeds in the case of the patient to supervise the body's work of ridding itself of old debris, ..., he must also clean out the Augean stables of the mind, with its vast accumulation of misinformation and wrong ideas about "how to live" and teach the patient the basic principles of normal living. (J. Trop, cited in The Greatest Health Discovery) |
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Do enzymes, or blue-green algae belong in Natural Hygiene? - Harvey Diamond is a hygienic author, who also promotes enzymes. Dr. Goldhamer lectures that the enzymes in our body being built from aminoacids, and not from enzymes we eat, which are broken down in the digestive system (to aminoacids). Dr. Cinque is no longer certified by IAHP, due to his promotion of human growth hormone. - Some hygienic doctors like algae, while others call it "pond scum". - Also, there are different views on food combining, as you will see on the next page. - Also, medically trained NH doctors have used drugs on occasion, a no-no for traditional NH doctors. Answer: Probably not - but since Natural Hygiene is not a religion, but based on science - we just have to wait for undisputable scientific answers. Until then there will be differences of opinion. A good test is: can you eat a cupful of the product, no condiments, and really enjoy it? Plus: sometimes it is hard to make a living on pure Natural Hygiene promotion - this may also be the reason for selling different products. |
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Is vegetarianism recommended in Natural Hygiene? Answer: Yes and no. This is the most sensitive subject in NH, still fought over, while most other issues are agreed upon. Actually, Natural Hygiene recommends eating foods of our biological adaptation, as raw as possible. NH is beginning to move away from vegetarianism, earlier most hygienists are vegetarians/vegans. The importance of raw vegetables and fruit ( - another name is "live food" or "living food") - is agreed upon by all hygienists. When it comes to raw animal** foods, opinions vary a lot - but raw dairy and/or eggs is usually accepted by most. - Vegetarianism is usually motivated by this: animal rights, concern for the planet and human health. - Natural Hygiene is interested in how to achieve maximum health. As a science. (For humans or animals.) In Hygiene there is an ongoing debate on maximum/minimum amounts of cooked foods, fruits, carbohydrates and of animal foods. Dr. Bass' mice research, as well as knowledge of primitive peoples' diets*, points to a need for at least a few percentage of animal foods. Some NH doctors still recommend 0% animal products, others up to 70%***. BOTTOM LINE: What does science say about human diets? According to current archaeology there is no doubt that humans are omnivores (=must consume both animal and plant products). And already in the 1930's research by Weston-Price DDS defined optimal primitive human diets as omnivorous and mainly raw. Watch-out: You can be a very unhealthy vegetarian, since there are lots of vegetarian junk foods, and since you must watch out for deficiencies (and use the correct supplements, e.g. B12). The high-carb contents of (cooked) vegetarian diets can easily lead to overweight. |
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What does a Natural Hygiene diet look like? Answer: What is the best diet? - There are differences among individuals as to what diet is best - depending on health, genetics, age. And on what their goal is: reasonably healthy and disease-free (1), or optimal health (2) ?
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