Edgar Cayce (2)

Alkaline forming nuts

Almonds, Chestnuts and coconut all others are acid forming

Alkaline forming miscellaneous

Agar-agar, Applecider vinegar, Coffee, Egg yolks, Fruit juices, Gelatin taken with fruit or vegetables, Glcothymoline, herbal teas, Herbs fresh and dried, and most spices, Honey –raw unpasturised and mineral water.

Alkaline forming dairy
Buttermilk fresh, Milk - raw, Whey, Yogurt.

Acid forming fruits
Blue berries, Cranberries, Plums and Prunes and Sulfured dried fruits.

Acid forming Vegetables
Beans -dried, Lentils and chickpeas.

Acid forming Dairy

Butter, Cream, Cheese, Cottage cheese, Milk pasteurized, Homogenized, boiled canned dried.

Acid forming Misc.
Alcoholic drinks, drugs- most presciption, Egg whites, Gelatin, Soft drinks, Tea black, and Tobacco. Some vegetable oils, Vinegar. All meats, All fish.

He cautioned against combining starches with sweets as this can cause an alcoholic reaction.
Cayce advised people to use vitamin pills and the like for a duration and then to leave off and then to resume stressing that the body must not get dependant on them and thus fail to make the necessary substances required for the digestion of proper food.
Vitamins do not, will not supply the energies as well as a meal a day which consisted of raw salad.
Cayce also gave the principle that fresh food energies decrease in a matter of hours after being picked in fact he said that food picked should be as fresh as possible.

He also said that it would even be better to have foodstuffs from the local area to acclimatise the person to that environment.

Also mentioned was that freezing destroys much of the goodness in vegetables.

He cautioned that no one can hate his neighbour and not have stomach or liver trouble and jealousy and the anger of it will be damaging to the heart.

People should eat slowly giving time to the process.

The specifics of Cayce nutrition

Wheat [rolled crushed or cracked ] featured highly in the Cayce regime stressing that it would be good for the body and the mental forces acting on the body.
Beware of all fried foods, fats of any kind and greases.
He cautioned against using any white bread at all.
He cautioned against too much red meat.
He was against too much sugars and starches saying sweets should be obtained from natural sources like fruits, grapes, honey,
Highly recommended were fresh vegetables such as Cabbage, celery, lettuce, carrots, watercress, onions saying that one meal every day should compose of fresh if not raw vegetables.
Potato skins and plenty of the legumes, peas beans and the like should be taken
The ratio that was given on the consumption of vegetables was three above the ground to one beneath.
More of the vitamins are obtained from tomatoes than any other growing vegetable.
Vegetables will build gray matter faster than will any meat or sweets.
There is no supplement to green foods that can be eaten they appear to be unique in the properties they have within them.
Almonds have some fantastic property which according to Cayce taking 2-3 of them every day will ward off any inclination towards cancer and he said that almonds carry more phosphorus

and iron in such a combination which is the most easily assimilated than any other nut.
Water was to be drunk and about 6-8 glasses a day was recommended, the water was to be spring or distilled and not of the tap variety.
Coffee and tea should never be taken with cream or milk because it forms a curd, which hinders your digestion.
Fruit juice and milk should not be taken together.
Cayce often advised people to leave milk alone.
Apples should not be eaten raw, cooked or boiled is fine unless it is a part of the detox plan outlined later.
Salsify is a vegetable recommended by Cayce, which also has properties, which are advantageous like gold, phosphorous, iron and silicon.

Cooking methods
Cayce said that you should not use aluminum cookware to some people.
A Recommended method of cooking was to use the steam pressure cookers as this preserves the value of foods.
The cooking of condiments destroys much of the value of foods.

Assimilation and elimination

These are the two key stones of what makes us tick in fact Cayce said if we could control these aspects of the human form we could extend life to whatever we chose, that’s how important these two principles are. Assimilation is defined as the measure of the ability of any body to utilize foods that we eat, some people think that having massive doses of nutrition will give them all that they need, they could not be more wrong, it is all right shoving nutrition in but it is quite another thing if the body can absorb it and use it in that form. Typical assimilation rates might vary from 20% to 80% and nutrition supplied in some forms will not be absorbed at all.
What happens to the food after you swallow it depends to a large degree on the other three principles of your body namely circulation, relaxation and elimination. Circulation is crucial if assimilation is to maintained at high levels circulation is helped greatly by some important factors; exercise, massage hydrotherapy treatments and osteopathic adjustments because the blood stream carries the rebuilding forces to the body it is these channels which need to be clear and stimulated so that the blood will flow to feed the cells and tissues.

Elimination
Every thing which your body does, every activity produces waste and we get rid of that waste through the skin, the lungs, the kidneys and the intestines. Major problems start to occur when any of these channels are stopped from doing their job, we start to accumulate waste, bacteria start growing at alarming rates which leads to all sorts of problems as we become toxic. The fact that poor eliminations are the most cited cause of disease gives you an idea of the

importance of getting rid of toxins. In extreme cases of toxemia cayce recommended a controlled fast or a three-day apple diet to clear the system and restore balance. A great deal of elimination takes place through the lungs by means of deep breathing and cayce placed great emphasis on this aspect recommending some of the breathing techniques as used in yoga. Of course exercise pays a very important role here driving out wastes into the lungs and speeding up circulation, helping digestion, helping elimination of wastes through the skin. Cayce used certain foods to help elimination such as leafy vegetables and in the mornings or evenings stewed figs, raisons, apricots or pears occasionally. Cayce said that it would be good for everyone to have a colinic occasionally.

Circulation
Just impeding the flow to the brain for a few minutes will cause permanent brain damage such is the importance of good circulation. The blood feeds our cells our tissues, the better the circulation the better we feel .For all the bodies rebuilding forces come through quicker with good circulation. Not only does the blood carry the so important chemicals, which feed our cells, but also the lymphatic system carries away our wastes. Exercise helps circulation in a big way as does massage hydrotherapy, osteopathy and other manipulative therapies.

The Cayce detox
Recommended in hundreds of readings was the cayce detox, the elimination process was found to be poor and the subsequent build up of toxins and poisons

was found in hundreds of people. The cayce detox was to help rid the body of these wastes. As the lay person can easily appreciate the situation in your very own kitchen if you did not clean up after every meal, bacteria would have a great time multiplying and contaminating places every where. So many thousands of people have been helped greatly by helping the body get rid of waste the importance of this action cannot be overestimated.
Cayce prescribed the three day apple diet where for three days you would eat nothing but apples of the sheep nosed type preferably organic types like Johnathons, Delicious, Oregon reds, Arkansas black and water. At the end of the third day a two spoons full of olive oil was taken. The success that people described having done this regime was uplifting, revitalizing, feeling great, an euphoric feeling, greater mental clarity and physically more energy. It is one of the most effective ways of preventing disease. In fact cayce said that it would cleanse all toxic forces from any body. According to Harold reillys book he himself tried to detox three times a year.

Massage
Frequently prescribed by cayce in hundreds of readings, massage has been used for thousands of years with extremely good effects, some of the benefits are increased circulation, increased elimination, it can provide

relaxation or stimulation depending on how it is given it can help with emotionally affected people and children have developed better from its use it will help with depression and a hundred more complaints. It affects every part of the body –nerves organs, glands, circulation and muscular tone. Massage will help all people and cayce advised having one from thirtyminutes to an hour and a half-using cold pressed peanut and olive oil at least once a week. It can free up joints, relieve pain and soreness. Cayce often said that the person giving the massage have some affinity with the patient. It can also build bridges of brotherly or sisterly love between people. Children with major behavioral problems have shown marked improvements in their behaviour. Cayce said those who would take a peanut oil rub each week need never fear arthritis.

Touch

This plays a very important part in life as you can greatly influence how someone feels simply by touching them. A noticeable difference between foreign lands and certainly England is that the people tend to touch each other more conveying affection and support. This concept touches on the psychological makeup of nations and it may be that there is more unconditional love amongst the peoples of foreign lands. As an experiment try touching a little more your friends and family for a few days and just notice the change in them and you. To know the value of this therapy it is best to experience it, the value of human brotherly and sisterly love is very great indeed the lack of it can have a terrible effect. I have experienced personally the effects of lack of brotherly and sisterly love shown in the way of touch for an extended period of time and the only words which aptly describes the effect is writhing torture. The only remedy, which I have found, was to get amongst friends and hug more often. Some of you may scoff at this but I assure you the months spent in this state were an agony, which influenced my mind and body greatly.

Enjoyment

Cayce said that the soul feeds off the environment it is within. What this means is that we gain sustenance from being in places we like, being around people we like to be with like friends, and doing work that we like, that is interesting to us. I have personally experienced the effects of having none of these for a time. The effects on me were terrible things like depression, M.E.debilitating illness, Mental problems in the form of memory and concentration and an intolerance and irritability to any thing which was not helping me like the wrong kind of music, certain people, certain thinking methods within people and all sorts of other things.

My strongest advice to everyone is to be amongst people you like, spend as much time in places that you love, and do work which you enjoy. In fact to get these things in place takes some doing as financial and moral ties will bear upon us in one form or another each of them trying to force us into making compromises with our very being.

The value of Sunlight

Light is extremely important for the needs of man. Cayce recommended 2 hrs a day but not at the height of the day. Sunlight metabolizes vitamin D which is needed for the absorption of Calcium, with osteoporosis now affecting one in three women over 50 and one in twelve men, anything we can do to absorb calcium must be looked at. According to one reputable light therapist who listed ten main benefits from sunlight which include
1 Production of vitamin D,
2.Lowers blood pressure.
3.Increases heart pumping efficiency.
4.Improves ECG readings.
5.Reduces Cholesterol and hypertension
6.Assists weight loss.
7.Effective with Psoriasis.
8.Increases the level of sex hormones.
9.Helps alleviate Asthma and other lung disorders.
10.Helps improve mood.

As with most things one can have too much .Too much sunlight will age the skin and give an increased risk of skin cancer, which is frequently caused by too much UV radiation. An interesting point with sunlight is the fact that you can get burnt through cloud cover or in shallow water.

Never expose babies to direct sun between 11am-2pm in summer.

As a precaution if any mole changes color, shape, size or becomes itchy, or bleeds seek medical advice straight the way, melanoma if caught early is well treatable, caught late it can be much more problematic.

With the now recognized problem of season affected disorder cayce, statement is well justified. Insufficient light will cause all manor of problems things like depression, Fatigue and drowsiness will be more seen in winter as the dark days come. Apparently a thirty-minute exposure to sunlight will produce enough vitamin D for the entire day. People in winter are now using light boxes, which should be of at least 10,000 lux full spectrum type lights and flicker free. Also used is UV light and both of these types of light are to be used in the early morning to keep us in balance. Treatment with these methods has been effective in about 85% of cases. Our pineal gland responds to sunlight and a sunny day produces about 100,000 lux, the pineal gland produces melatonin, which lowers heart rate and prepares the body for sleep. However you have to get sufficient daylight to produce Melatonin.PMS has now been linked to low melatonin .In fact one has to apparently protect our melatonin as things like Glutamate (often used in food

additives) caffiene, alcohol, tobacco, chocolate, non steroid anti inflammatory, beta blockers, prozac, and valium deplete it.
Melatonin is a very important chemical and acts as an anti oxidant and free radical scavenger and these things are linked to aging. Curiously St. johns wort used for depression is a melatonin stimulator.
Tests have also been done with florescent lighting at a school in Florida; the tests clearly showed evidence for increased Hyperactivity, Irritability, Depression and Fatigue.Surprisingly the lighting also affected blind people as well. The clear alternative for florescent lights are the full spectrum type lights where they very nearly replicate sunlight, again tests have shown improved Health and performance, a decrease in headaches, Depression and fatigue.

Sex

Cayce said words to the effect of this were as normal as it was for the flowers to grow.

Sex is good for just about everyone the lack of which can also cause some pretty damaging effects upon us. This can be felt at a soul and a mental level. This is definitely part of any good health plan. Of course as with everything too much can be as damaging as to little. We all have to make our decisions in this department and as an ideal when love is present at the same time the experience can be as deep as an ocean as is compared to just sex alone as is a little puddle.

Be amongst people

By and large man is a social animal needing the company of people. Serious studies have shown extremely damaging effects where isolation has been implemented .A deterioration in mental faculties like memory, logical thinking skills, creative thinking skills, operating skills and many others have been found from being in isolation. Other imbalances like diminished confidence, possession, weakness was noticed. Depression and fatigue can all have their causes in a lack of the energies of people.

Put it simply people need people. In the world today there are a group of people mainly elderly or certain prisoners who cannot get out who suffer from this greatly. People need social interaction to laugh, to share, and to give support, to listen, to talk. The lack of any of these will have damaging effects upon us psychologically and which I have to say by and large the people suffering from this may not be consciously aware of it. As an ideal be amongst people you like and who like you but give time to others, as you would be amazed what a few words or a listening ear can achieve.

Electric fields
There is now clear evidence now, which clearly shows that some electric fields can have a detrimental effect upon our health, living near or beneath power lines is not to be recommended. Some studies have also shown that being to close to TV screens and other electrical apparatus can also affect our health. We are after all energy beings and by definition therefore electric fields can influence us more than we normally think.

Holidays
Everyone needs a holiday it is an essential ingredient in good health it can boost our spirits, our moral shape our mental state, bring relief, recharge our batteries, add zest to life, change our perspective, relax us, wind us down, remove us from all sorts of detrimental influences. It can introduce us to different cultures, different influences, expand us. Of course we are all different and what one person will find enjoyable another will not, my only point here is to emphasize the importance of ensuring that you get numerous holidays despite whatever culture you are in.

Work
To stay healthy everyone needs to work it is an extremely therapeutic tool providing you are doing work which is suitable for you and not too much and not too little. I have witnessed and continue to witness some horrific mental and psychological disorders on people with too little to do. Loss of self-esteem, loss of

confidence, loss of mental clarity and thinking skills all diminish. Purposeful work gives a great reward; it boosts confidence, boosts moral, boosts self-esteem and feeds the soul. What kind of work is suitable? Well that very much depends upon each one of us and how we are made, to some it could be working with your hands, to others it could be teaching, counciling, researching, the list is endless in the types of work which are available. What is very important is that you get to know yourself, what you like, what you dislike, what activities give you something which do not, from this basis you can point your aims towards achieving what you want to do. I speak to many people and a common statement from them is -I do not know what I want to do. Well it took me about three days of sitting down with myself and then conducting a little soul searching. I started by asking myself all sorts of questions. What activities in the past did I enjoy, which did I not and why, I had to go right back into child hood. Which subjects did I find interesting at school, which did I not? A long list of things was drawn up and I started to get to know myself. This led me in all sorts of directions it also dealt with relationships a little. Everyone should get to know themselves, the ancient Egyptians knew this and written in solid rock in Egypt are written the immortal words “Know thyself”. We will spend many years doing work and I expect we have all worked in many ways which we did not like and I will issue a word of warning at this point, doing the wrong kind of work for any significant amount of time can have a very deep damaging effect upon us mentally psychologically and spiritually. It is like trying to fit a round peg into a square hole.
Another aspect to work is that there has never been any shortage of work, of course paid work is quite another matter. I will clarify that point a little further and ask you the following question to prove the point .Is this world perfect?
No – well it is going to require work to make a difference.

The value of giving