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Nutrition
Hatha Yoga counsels the basics. Food, water, and air -- all must be considered. Click here for an overview of nutrition by Adelle Davis. She was an excellent nutritionalist and a fine scientist, but in my opinion (and this is a gut feeling -- there's no hard science behind it), she made one mistake and it killed her. Aware of the benefits of many nutrition elements, she often put them all in, and forgot that you have to give the system a rest, and also that it is a very bad idea to put too much food into the stomach at once. This point is addressed by Yogi Ramacharaka in our other quote section, from his book, Hatha Yoga. Click here for that section.
There is an old Zen saying: “If you fill your stomach two-thirds full, you are eating for your well-being. The other third is for the doctor’s well-being.” Zoo animals are very expensive, but one day a week they are not fed. Nothing. Why? Zoos know from experience that they live longer that way, and remain healthier. Adelle kept her digestive system so busy processing complex food, that her immune system, which should have taken the cancer out in its early stages, was shortchanged. Her overview here quoted, is however, quite sound, and the best abstract of western nutrition I have ever seen.
Lecithin
Your brain is made up of ganglia of neurons (nerve cells). A neuron consists of an axon and dendrites. A neuron is like a hot dog with a strand of spider web passing the long way through its center. 99% of its mass is that of the axon. The axon is made up over 90% of exactly lecithin. The upshot is that lecithin is the very best brain food that there is. I recommend Fearn liquid lecithin, based on 40 years of a lot of personal use. Four tablespoons of it daily should eliminate all of the atherosclerosis in your blood vessels.
Atherosclererosis is the buildup of cholesterol on the interior walls of the veins and arteries. This is a common condition which frequently results in heart attacks and strokes, when bits of plaque, of which cholesterol is a major component, break loose. Lecithin emulsifies cholesterol. To not get a heart attack, it is also necessary to keep magnesium in the heart muscle. (Lack of magnesium is implicated in more heart attacks than cholesterol.) 500 mg per day of magnesium is a good amount. This will also facilitate the absorbtion of a gram of calcium per day, also a good amount, for healthy bones and teeth. Vitamin E is also necessary for good absorbtion of calcium, but must be taken at a different time of day from any iron supplement. Iron will take vitamin E out.
Brewer's Yeast
Good Brewer’s Yeast is full of RNA and DNA, in generous amounts. In addition, it gives you an excellent spectrum of amino acids, besides being perhaps the best natural source of the B-vutamins. The RNA and DNA are probably ageing deterrents. Most ageing, it is said, consists of faulty replication of DNA, due to the accumulation of mutagenic substances. Currently I am using Solgar Brewer’s Yeast Powder. Here are the claimed amino acids in 2 tablespoons (30g):
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Alanine (1080 mg)
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Lysine (1170 mg)
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Arginine (750 mg)
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Methionine (270 mg)
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Aspartic Acid (1710 mg)
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Phenylalanine (750 mg)
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Cystine (270 mg)
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Proline (660 mg)
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Glutamic Acid (3330 mg)
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Serine (930 mg)
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Glycine (780 mg)
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Threonine (930 mg)
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Histidine (870 mg)
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Tryptophan (120 mg)
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Isoleucine (750 mg)
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Tyrosine (330 mg)
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Leucine (1230 mg)
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Valine (900 mg)
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When using brewer's yeast, simply put a heaping tablespoon in your mouth, and wait until you have salivated sufficiently to swallow. Do not drink water for a half-hour before or after the
use, since the B vitamins are water soluble.
The 10-Day Brown Rice Fast
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