Tip 220.
Vegetable Juices for Nerve Inflammation
Raw juices
of carrot a
n
d spinach
h
ave proved
valuable in
neuritis as
b
oth these vegetables are rich in ele
m
ents, the de
f
iciency of which has
led to this dis
e
ase. The quickest and
m
ost
effective way in which the body can obtain and
a
ssi
m
ilate th
e
s
e elements is by drinki
n
g daily at least half a
litre of the c
o
mbined raw
juices of
ca
r
rot and spi
n
ach.
Rem
e
mber
t
he ratio: 3
p
arts carrot,
1 part spin
a
c
h. This m
a
gic medium is optimal f
o
r recovery from nervo
u
s
inflammatory diseas
e
s
.
Tip 221. Vegetable Juices to Benefit Gastrit
i
s
Carrot juice
in combination with the juice of s
p
i
n
ach is considered highly beneficial in the treatment of gastritis. F
o
r best resul
t
s, 200 ml of spinach j
u
ice should be
mixed with
3
00 ml of carrot juice
in this combination.
oo many dif
f
erent foods
should not
b
e mixed at
t
he same m
e
al. Meals s
h
ould be tak
e
n at least two hours before going
t
o bed at ni
g
ht. Eight to
10 glass
e
s
of water should be taken daily but water should not be taken with meals as it
dilut
e
s the diges
ti
ve juices a
n
d delays di
g
estion.
And above
all, haste
s
h
ould be avoided while
e
a
ting and meals should
be served in a pleasing and relaxed atmosphere.
Tip 222. Vegetables for Cancer Prevention
Recent studies from all
ov
er the wor
l
d suggest t
h
at a liberal
u
s
e of green
and yellow vegetables and fruits c
a
n prevent cancer. The
2
0-years old, ongoing Ja
p
anese study found
that people
who ate green and yellow vegetables every day
had a decr
e
ased risk
of
developing lung, stomach and other
cancers.
A Harvard
University study of more
t
han 1,200 elderly Massachusetts r
e
sidents found that those who reported the
highest co
n
s
umption of carrots, sq
u
ash, tomatoes, sala
d
s
o
r leafy green vegetables, dried
fruits, fresh
strawberries or melon had a decreased risk of
c
a
ncer.
Tip 223. Vegetables for Healt
h
y
T
eeth and Gums
Any treatm
e
nt for pyorrhoea, to be e
f
fective, sh
o
uld be cons
t
itutional. It
should aim at cleansing the blood a
n
d tissu
e
s
of
the acid im
p
urities which are at the
r
oot of the t
r
ouble. The
ex
traction
of the teeth
affected wi
t
h the disease will not he
l
p clear the systemic toxaemia.
Raw spinach juice is a
n
other valuable food remedy for the prevention and treatment of pyorrhoea because of i
t
s beneficial
effect on the teeth and
g
ums. This e
f
fect is gene
r
ally
enhanced if
the spinach
juice is tak
e
n in combi
n
ation with c
a
rrot juice. A
permanent aid for this affliction has been found
in the use of
natural raw foods and in drinking an
ample quantity of carrot and spinach juice.
Tip 224. Wheatgrass for Leukaemia
Dr. Ann Wigmore of Boston, U.S.A., the well-kn
o
wn naturopath and a pi
o
neer in the field of living food
n
utrition, has
been testing the effect of
a drink made of fresh wheatgrass in the
treatment of leukaemia.
She claims
t
o have cured
several c
a
ses of this disease by this method. Dr. Wigmore points out
that by furnishing the b
o
dy with live
minerals, vitamins, trace
elements
and chloro
p
hyll through wheatgrass
juice, it may be able to r
e
pair itself.
You can grow your own
wheatgrass
from un-milled kernels
o
f organic w
h
eat held for
several days in a warm but not hot room on a damp cloth. Extract the juice of t
h
e wheatgrass, dilute
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