Supplementing yourself with vitamin and mineral tablets while continuing
to eat denatured (boxed, canned, frozen) or spoiled cooked foods won't
produce superlative health.  The body is a very complex ecological unit.
Every function works synergistically with every other function in the
body.  Supplying yourself with a vitamin or two, or even jars full of
multi-vitamins, can upset a delicate balance and cause an increased need
for some mineral, or other nutrient, thereby actually creating a deficit,
in the midst of plenty.  The very same thing can happen if you take one
or two mineral tablets or even multiple minerals.  Minerals are needed in
proportions to other minerals and vitamins and if they are not supplied
in correct proportions and in a usable form as found in natural foods
then you are hurting yourself.  Natural foods supply the elements of
nutrition in correct proportions without producing deficiencies as,
according to the law of the minimum, food supplements do.  Consequently,
we are more perfectly nourished by uncooked, natural foods, without the
use of supplements than with. We recognize that nutrition is the basis
for health whether there is a genetic problem, familial problem or purely
a lifestyle problem.  The Law_of_the_Minimum also pertains to the needs
of life.  It is a perfect analogy, for without the needs of life in
proportion to your needs at the time and in proportion to other needs
of life, then nutrition will suffer.  Without exercise, nutrition
suffers.  Without adequate rest and sleep in proportion to the amount of
exercise or activity you do, nutrition suffers. Without air, water and
nutrients in proportion to your activities you could become dehydrated,
and nutrition suffers.  We must have all the needs of physiology
according to our needs and ability to use them at the time or nutrition
will be impaired and health will deteriorate. In Volume V of the Hygienic
System, by Dr.  H.M.  Shelton, he quotes from Professor Morgulis' book,
Fasting_and_Undernutrition of the University of Wisconsin.  Professor
Morgulis wrote the following about the Jews in Poland:  "A striking
example of the wretched physique resulting from the wretchedness of
living conditions is presented by the Jews of Poland.  Their physical
strength -- their muscular power -- has diminished in each succeeding
generation; their blood is poor, their stature is small, shoulders are
chest narrow.  Many have an emaciated, pallid look and show signs even of
racial decline and degeneracy.  Held back by various disabilities,
crowded into the Jewries of Poland, with limited opportunities for
gaining a livelihood, they have literally been the victims of
malnutrition for generations.  Their poor constitutions, physical frailty
and stunted growth make them manifestly unfit for heavy work.
Leroy-Beaulieu says of them, 'Few races have so many men who are
misshapen and deformed, disabled or hunchbacked, so many who are blind,
deaf-mutes, or congenital idiots'...  The role played by malnutrition in
producing racial deterioration of the mass of Jews, especially in the
Polish ghettoes, can be best appreciated from the fact that investigation
of their living conditions has shown that they were so poor that for
generations they subsisted on nourishment below the actual minimum
requirements. Tchubinski actually found that the Jews of Russia and
Poland consumed less food than either their Greek Christian or Polish
Catholic neighbors.  Transferred to a less forbidding environment the
inherent recuperative powers of the organism, under favorable nutritive
conditions, show remarkable effects already in the first or second
generations."   Page 61 Volume V of the Hygienic System. Shelton gives
confirmation quotes as follows:  "Confirming this last statement, Dr.
Abraham Myerson says of the descendents of the Polish Jews who migrated
to America, 'He becomes a follower of sports,' and,
*'the_remarkable_rise_of_the_Jewish_prize-fighter_stands_out_as_a_divergence_from_tradition_and_mocks_at_theories_of_inborn_racial_characteristics.'*"
It is sad to think that humans can be so inhumane to other humans.
Just think about it again, for generations the Jews were so poor in the
Polish Ghettos, and their ability to extricate themselves from this
situation was so difficult that they had to subsist upon a diet that was
far below minimum requirements.  The wonderful thing to note, however, is
that with better nutrition they overcame what those with the medical
mentality say is genetically inherited, and, therefore not remediable.
Furthermore, the difference was seen in one generation! By now you may
have already guessed which disease or diseases the Jews overcame
in_only_one_or_two_generations! And they did this without a knowledge
of Hygiene! It was probably a variety of the diseases now classified as
the *angliosidoses,*of which Tay Sachs Disease is the most well known.
Just think, if the Jews had had more knowledge of Natural Hygiene perhaps
the gene mutation could have been completely overcome or reversed during
the affected one's lifetime.  As far as I know they did not practice any
type of selection or refrain from reproducing.  The change that made the
most difference was adequate food, which provided for better nutrition.
Other factors which also promoted better nutrition were a more congenial
environment and satisfying work.  In short, their biological needs were
being supplied.  Consequently, repair of all the structures of the body,
including the genetic structures began as soon as the needs of life were
met. The Polish Jews probably had a lot of other health problems in
addition to Tay Sachs Disease, (Gangliosidoses).  Obviously, when such a
disease as Tay Sachs manifests at the age of six months, the genetic
damage must cause extreme impairment of certain biochemical functions.
And since the average age of death is around the age of two to three
years old, they do not live to reproduce. Nature is rough.  It is sad for
parents but better for such a child.  Better nutrition of the parents
could have avoided much suffering and sorrow. Since Hygienists that I
know of have never cared for an individual with *Tay Sachs* disease or
any of the *Gangliosidoses,* we do not know to what extent recovery is
possible in the most severe cases.  But, who would be brave enough to
try Hygiene knowing the severity of the problems and inevitability of
death if nothing can be done.  Nevertheless, all those milder forms of
the Gangliosidoses could be helped, as were the Polish Jews. I am almost
certain that those having one of the milder forms of the gangliosidoses
could do something of real value for themselves and their progeny if
before conception, both parents would adopt Hygiene and also do some
fasting to cleanse the system. Since the Polish Jews who came to this
country did so well without a knowledge of Hygiene, I think the following
admonition is worth trying for anyone with a "genetically determined"
disease.  A much quicker way to achieve the goal of superlative health
and give the body time to restructure the genomes, would be to eat all
uncooked, natural foods, in good combinations for one year. After a full
year of living and eating Hygienically, if advisable at the time, a fast
of two weeks or more should be taken.  This should be repeated for at
least five or more years, the next fasts being only two weeks in
duration.  If an individual, or individuals did wish to conceive there
would likely be much less of a chance that the child would manifest any
of the Gangliosidoses, such as Tay Sachs Disease, or any "genetically
determined"  disease.

SICKLE CELL DISEASE
People with *Sickle Cell Disease* fare better than those with the
Gagliosidoses such as Tay Sachs disease.  They live longer, and the
consequences of the genetic mutation is medically, easier to treat.  In
spite of this, the serious types of the disease, even medically treated,
are lethal in the long run, but the chances of complete control of the
consequences of the damaged gene are still greater with Hygienic care.
And, with superlative nutrition, a reverse mutation could occur because
the problem is a simple point mutation. Sickle Cell Disease affects
hemoglobin and subsequently the red blood cells themselves.  This
genetically determined disease results from a simple substitution
of a single amino acid in the polypeptide chains of hemoglobin.  This
type of damage is known as a point mutation.

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