Concept of Totality
By Joe Nichols, MD
Summary: Pioneering holistic medical doctor Joe Nichols writes about the "six chief causes of disease": (1) emotions, (2) malnutrition, (3) poisons, (4) infections, (5) accidents, and (6) inheritance. The worst, he says, are the emotions. "Worry, fear, anxiety, hate, envy, jealousy—these are the great killers," he explains, recommending the three As (acceptance, approval and adoration of others) as a remedy. A second great killer, Dr. Nichols says, is malnutrition, which starts with soils that have been exhausted of minerals through irresponsible farming practices utilizing artificial fertilizers. "The end result of chemical farming is always disease, first in the land itself, then in the plant, then in the animal, and finally in us. Everywhere in the world where chemical farming is practiced the people are sick. The use of synthetic chemicals does not make land rich. It makes it poorer than before." Dr. Nichols founded the Natural Foods Associates and edited its magazine, Natural Food and Farming, 1954.
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The Neglect of Natural Principles in Current Medical Practice
By Surgeon Captain T. L. Cleave, MD
Summary: In 1974, Dr. Cleave wrote the brilliant but virtually ignored book The Sacharrine Disease: Conditions Caused by the Taking of Refined Carbohydrates Such as Sugar and White Flour. Well before that, however, he wrote this 30-page article urging the medical profession to reconnect with the natural laws of health from which humankind evolved, specifically by promoting the consumption of whole, natural foods over the processed and overcooked products of commercial food manufacturing. Citing the work of Weston A. Price as an example of understanding natural law, Captain Cleave argues that industrialized food production caused abundant and cheap carbohydrates to predominate in the modern diet, resulting in disastrous consequences for human health. From the Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service, 1956.
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