Vol 1, No. 4                                       May, 1995
Copyright 1995 by Dennis Denlinger
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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"Practical Nutrition+" is a monthly electronic newsletter about
care of the human body. Over the past 20 years the Editor, Dennis
Denlinger, has been researching how to care for his own body with
much success. During this time many theories and methods have
been investigated and tried. Some have worked and some haven't.
Some which have worked have been replaced with others which have
worked better. Even more subjects have been researched than have
been tried.

Suggestions, gripes, questions and other feedback, addressed to
Editor, "Practical Nutrition+" at denlingr@ix.netcom.com are
welcome. Also, experts and people with practical experience with
various areas of health are welcome to contribute guest articles.
Contributors will be acknowledged by listing their Name, Firm
Name, Street Address, Phone Number and E-mail address.

The content of "Practical Nutrition+" is determined by the
Editor, with due weight being given to your input. It will
include from time to time articles by Dennis Denlinger or other
lay persons who have had practical experience in day-to-day
nutrition, articles by health care professionals, book reviews,
answers to your questions and perhaps some surprises.

>>>"Practical Nutrition+" does NOT give advice, but is only
intended to inform, to entertain and to be a place where ideas
regarding health can be exchanged. If you have a specific health
problem, consult an appropriate licensed health care
practitioner.<<<

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                    Nutrition YES, Toxins NO

There is a simple basic which I read about early on in my study
of nutrition. Dr. Weston Price in "Nutrition and Physical
Degeneration" (see "Book Recommendation" in Vol. 1, No. 1 of
"Practical Nutrition+") is the first place I came across this
simple basic. I keep coming across it, both in reading and in
practical experience.

The simple basic consists of give the body all the nutrition it
needs in abundance while keeping it clean of toxins. Sure, there
are details to good application of this simple basic idea, but
all the details lead right back to this basic.

There is another basic, that good health is more than simply a
lack of disease. The readily visible disease may not show up
until the body has been seriously depleted in nutrients and/or
has become very toxic. By then, there may be a major problem to
overcome. Once again, handling disease comes back to removing the
toxins which are poisoning the body and/or giving the body the
nutrients which it is lacking.

Much has been written about stress and mental attitude in
relation to good health. Indeed, this cannot be overlooked. It is
another of the basics. But keep in mind when looking for sources
of stress to eliminate, one source of stress is the upset which
can come from too many toxins in the body. And another source of
stress can come from not enough nutrients for the body to readily
carry out all its functions.

Once again, you are back to the basic of increasing the nutrients
and removing the toxins. Part of removing the toxins is removing
the source of toxins from our environment, such as tobacco smoke,
smog in the air we breathe and pesticides in our water supply. By
not putting toxins into the body, there is less that has to be
eliminated. There is another way that the basic of less toxins
and more nutrition can be applied.

So far in "Practical Nutrition+" I have been writing mostly about
nutrition side of this basic. This issue, however, I will
activate the "+" and write a bit more about toxins and how they
can be eliminated from the body.

                                   By Dennis Denlinger


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                       Cleansing the Body

There are various places in the body where unwanted things can
lurk (hang out). They don't just hide out, but they actively
damage the functioning of the body. By their presence, these
things can actively poison the body or actively eat away at the
body or prevent the body's cleansing mechanism from working
correctly.

One place where unwanted things lurk is the digestive tract:
everywhere from the mouth down through the stomach, the small
intestine, the large intestine and out the rear.

Here is what happens. When the body is fed food which is not good
nutrition, a mucous substance is secreted to prevent the
absorption of toxins. The pancreatic juices are supposed to strip
this mucous away. However, this can take some time. When every
meal contains something which produces the mucous, the old mucous
is not striped away, and after a while builds up a heavy layer of
gunk. Dr. Bernard Jensen, in "Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel
Management," displays superb color photographs of this gunk. You
most definitely don't want to look at those photos when you are
eating.

This gunk can prevent nutrition from being absorbed from food. It
can be a source of toxins. Parasites think this gunk is an ideal
breeding ground. The gunk is so firm that it strongly resists the
movement of food through the intestines. You most definitely do
not want this gunk in your body. A friend, who I've known for 10
years, tells me he was dying until he started to get rid of this
gunk from his intestines. There was so much gunk he wasn't able
to absorb nutrition from his food. He is now on the road to
recovery and doing well. Several other friends are doing or have
already done the program with good results. The program is
described in "Cleanse & Purify Thyself" by Dr. Richard Anderson,
N.D., N.M.D.

Toxins, such as drugs, heavy metals, pesticides, etc. are stored
by the body in fat tissue. After a while there can be a lot of
toxins stored in the body fat. These toxins do not always remain
in the fat tissue, but are released into the blood stream where
havoc can be raised. People who had earlier done LSD can years
later experience an LSD Trip from minute amounts of the drug
being released from the fat tissue. The Purification Program
which was developed by L. Ron Hubbard and is described in his
book, "Clean Mind, Clean Body" will eliminate toxins from fat
tissues. The program is delivered by the HealthMed Clinics. There
is a HealthMed Clinic in Sacramento and in Los Angeles. I have
done this program and heartily recommend it to you.

Most human bodies are infected by parasites. Parasites are not
lovely creatures. They take from the body and do not give
anything back. They eat the nutrition in the intestine before it
can even be absorbed through the intestinal wall. What's worse,
they sometimes break through the intestinal wall into the body
itself, where they make a feast of your muscles, blood and other
organs. YUCK!!!

According to Dr. Hulda Clark, in "The Cure for All Cancers," the
liver fluke parasite is one of the inhabitants of the intestine.
It normally does not complete its life cycle in the human body.
However, when there is propyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) in the
liver, the liver fluke parasite Can complete its life cycle in
the human body. When this happens, it makes a bee line for the
weakest area and there creates a cancer. Ridding the body of the
liver fluke parasite, according to Dr. Clark, will stop any
cancer. She describes how this is done in her book.

Dr. Clark tells about two other organs of the body which must be
cleaned of unwanted things: the liver and the kidneys. Little
stones grow in the passages (pipes, hoses) of these two organs,
stopping the flow of the fluids they produce.

The liver is the chemical factory of the body. It produces a very
important digestive juice and when it is not available in
sufficient quantity, your food won't digest properly. Gall stones
in the gall bladder and the liver slow down the production and
release of this important digestive juice.

The kidneys clean toxins from the blood and excrete them as
urine. The toxins cannot be effectively removed when the passages
of the kidneys are totally or partially blocked by kidney stones.
Keeping those toxins in the body can eventually kill it.

The gallstones and kidney stones can be removed by the programs
described in Dr. Clark's book. I have done the parasite program
and the kidney program with very good results and look forward to
doing the liver cleanse.

It is by belief that allowing these unwanted things to continue
lurking in your body can make it feel constantly bad and can even
kill it before its time. On the other hand, it is my belief that
cleaning out these unwanted things can leave the body feeling
better and allow it to live healthily its entire allotted time.

                                    by Dennis Denlinger


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                   Answers to Your Questions

How do I lose weight?

Some people say to count calories. Some say to eat only lettuce.
Others say to eat only meat. Yet some others . . . .

My own experience has been that whenever I improve the nutrition
or remove some toxic influence that I lose some weight and as
long as I do not go back to the way it was before, the weight
stays off. For example, when I went totally organic I lost 15
pounds. I have not gone back to eating non-organic foods since
then and the weight has stayed off. That was over 3 years ago
when my daughter Lindsay was in the womb. Then six months ago I
started eating nutrient-rich freeze-dried blue-green algae from
Lake Klamath. I do not know if I lost weight as I have not
weighed myself, but my waist is about 2" less around. I can now
wear a suit I haven't been able to fit for over 15 years.

This is my experience and is the reason I do not have much
patience with the various weight loss programs I hear about. At
one time I was very noticeably over weight. That was when my diet
was not as good as it is now and when my body was more toxic than
it is now. I do not try to lose weight. I eat as much as I want
of foods which are good tasting to me. Yet, I do not have a
weight problem.


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                    Book Recommendation

One of the most respected writers in the area of nutrition was
the late Adelle Davis. Her knowledge of nutrition was broad and
deep.  She spread her knowledge liberally through her books. Her
most basic book was "Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit." In it she
tells of the different nutrients and what they do for the body
and what occurs when they are lacking. Although written many
years ago, the data is still applicable. Ture, it is missing data
on free radicals (these will be discussed in a later issue of
PN+), the importance of which did not become apparent until
later.

As important as is the data she presents, her discussion of the
nutrition, or lack thereof, which is pushed off on our society by
the big food processing corporations is even more important.
According to Ms. Davis, removing nutrients from food to increase
the shelf life and improve the profits at the expense of the
health of the consumer just is not okay. The amount of lost
income, the expense of hospital stays cannot be offset by such
profits. This is basic economics. But more important, the
suffering and loss of loved ones cannot be measured by dollars.

The way she rakes the major food producers over the coals and
beats the drum for her cause is enough to get a snowman's blood
to boiling. Reading the last part of this book just might spark
your interest in changing the way we handle our food.

                                      by Dennis Denlinger


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"Practical Nutrition+" is produced and edited by Dennis
Denlinger. From time to time I have data on my favorite subjects,
publications (I operate a publishing house) or products which I
can send you. Some goes best by e-mail and some goes best by
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covering basic concepts and how I am presently applying them,
available soon via e-mail. Eventually it all will appear in
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