In this book Robert Gray gives straightforward answers to all of the questions surrounding the subject of colon health. In his easy-to-understand style, he gives explanations of the many ways the condition of the colon is interconnected with the health of the entire body. He identifies the factors leading to an unhealthy colon and then shows an easy-to-follow, self-adnministered herbal technique for gaining new health through colon rejuvenation.
The reason I recommend this book is NOT so much for the herbal (kalenite and Psyllium husk )intestinal cleanse as for the knowledge of which foods are most mucous forming . ( I did this cleanse once in my life when I was (my early 20s) and since then have eaten a mostly raw food vegetarian diet so i never needed it again but I do remember passing a lot of old stuff that had been coating my intestines for 2-3 weeks then it stopped and My stools look normal again)
The reason I recommend this book because it tells how simple vegetables like raw turnips which are extremely cheap and easy to grow and harvest from october til april and cabbage are such great cleaners and rebuilders of your GI Tract and eventually do the same thing as the Herbal cleanse.
and above all because it explains how we have to eat foods that feed the healthy bacteria in our gut. Simple green cabbage is so superb for this . It feeds teh beneficial bacteria, its dissolved the layer of hardened mucus that lines most peoples colons and the fiber tones , scrubs and stimulates GI tact
It's amazing that since I started a diet of raw fruits , veggies , sprouted grains with cooked field peas I have been able to eat as much a sI want and maintain an ideal body weight with less than 10% body fat and can do all kinds of physical exertion without getting injured.
This is an extremely beneficial and inexpensive little book
Using this book and Dr Walker's juicing and salad books and Victorious Kulvinskas Book I have many recipes for turnip greens , collard greens , turnip green salads and collard green salads , and You know I make dips and dressings based on field peas with tomato powder and herbs and syrups . Sometimes I make smoothies with the green as well
I make a dip from oats , bananas , malt, and maple syrup and dip turnip discs . the calcium ions in turnips pass rapidly into ones nerves making one tranquil and energized
any raw radish or raw turnip roots discs goes very well with rolled oat based dips as the oats absorb the sting of the mustard which is such a powerful anti carcinogen. these oat based dips can be sweet ( with maple , honey and bananas ) or italian with chick or field peas, tomato powder and McCormicks Italian blend seasoning )
One more little detail vegetarians daily requirement for calcium is less than for a meat eater because meat eating clogs the membranes of the intestinal villi so they can't absorb nutrients as well a vegetarian and so a lot of calcium and other minerals just pass right through a meat eater's GI with out being absorbed . Not surprisingly Meat eating eventually causes other GI problems for the same reason.....
If you eat fresh raw fruits and veggies the fiber and juices act as a scrub brush on the villi and colon cleaning the walls . They also stimulate peristalsis and help with intestinal tone . The juices dissolve the caked on gook and the fibre scrubs it off with peristaltic action. Raw cabbage is the very best thing . Make coleslaw or just unpeal pieces that look like potato chips and eat them with you meals as you would potato chips . Raw cabbage whites also have vitamin U which heals ulcers and leaky gut syndrome . Dr Bernard Jensen said raw cabbage is the most beneficial food known to man.
The reason I recommend this book is NOT so much for the herbal (kalenite and Psyllium husk )intestinal cleanse as for the knowledge of which foods are most mucous forming . ( I did this cleanse once in my life when I was (my late 30s) and since then have eaten a mostly raw food vegetarian diet so i never needed it again but I do remember passing a lot of old stuff that had been coating my intestines for 2-3 weeks then it stopped and My stools look normal again)
The reason I recommend this book because it tells how simple vegetables like raw turnips which are extremely cheap and easy to grow and harvest from october til april and cabbage are such great cleaners and rebuilders of your GI Tract and eventually do the same thing as the Herbal cleanse.
and above all because it explains how we have to eat foods that feed the healthy bacteria in our gut. Simple green cabbage si so superb for this . It feeds teh beneficial bacteria, its dissolved teh layer of hardened mucus that lines most peoples colons and the fiber tones , scrubs and stimulates GI tact
It's amazing that since I started a diet of raw fruits , veggies , sprouted grains with cooked field peas I have been able to eat as much a sI want and maintain an ideal body weight with less than 10% body fat and can do all kinds of physical exertion without getting injured.
This is an extremely beneficial and inexpensive little book
Using this book and Dr Walker's juicing and salad books and Victorious Kulvinskas Book I have many recipes for turnip greens , collard greens , turnip green salads and collard green salads , and You know I make dips and dressings based on field peas with tomato powder and herbs and syrups . Sometimes I make smoothies with teh green as well
I make a dip from oats , bananas , malt, and maple syrup and dip turnip discs . the calcium ions in turnips pass rapidly into ones nerves making one tranquil and energized
any raw radish or raw turnip roots discs goes very well with rolled oat based dips as the oats absorb the sting of the mustard which is such a powerful anti carcinogen. these oat based dips can be sweet ( with maple , honey and bananas ) or italian with chick or field peas, tomato powder and McCormicks Italian blend seasoning )
One more little detail vegetarians daily requirement for calcium is less than for a meat eater because meat eating clogs the membranes of the intestinal villi so they can't absorb nutrients as well a vegetarian and so a lot of calcium and other minerals just pass right through a meat eater's GI with out being absorbed . Not surprisingly Meat eating eventually causes other GI problems for the same reason.....
If you eat fresh raw fruits and veggies the fiber and juices act as a scrub brush on the villi and colon cleaning the walls . They also stimulate peristalsis and help with intestinal tone . The juices dissolve the caked on gook and the fibre scrubs it off with peristaltic action. Raw cabbage is the very best thing . Make coleslaw or just unpeal pieces that look like potato chips and eat them with you meals as you would potato chips . Raw cabbage whites also have vitamin U which heals ulcers and leaky gut syndrome . Dr Bernard Jensen said raw cabbage is teh most beneficial food known to man.
This is a comprehensive, detailed book on how our guts go bad, and what we can do to make them better. The author has developed a few products intended to improve gut functioning (both lower bowel and small intestine), which I've tried, and believe me, they work. The one thing that Robert Gray does not do is claim that his program will cure candida, nor does he attempt to force any kind of difficult-to-follow diet on those taking his products. He recommends a cleaned-up way of eating but says it is not absolutely necessary for his herbs to work. He also warns that persons with certain conditions should not attempt his program. This book appears to be totally honest. Other books on this same topic don't mention any of these things. They are apparently just out to sell their products and make a buck, not to mention having you tear your hair out trying to follow their highly restricted diets.
This book is not laid out for dummies. It is written for people who are serious about wanting knowledge and who are willing to plow through it. Some sections are, I think, rife with too much detail, it gets boring - but that doesn't matter. If you want to improve your health, read this book and take his herbs.
PS: the cover of the book shown above is that of the 12th edition. The latest edition is the 14th, issued after the author's death, and edited by Ernest Gray.
Unexpectedly, this small book taught me so much about our bodies and the food we eat. Before reading this, I was completely unaware that the colon is part of our immune systems, let alone how important a part it plays. I was unaware of what to expect in a healthy bowel movement cycles. I was mostly unaware of the role of probiotics and how there are ways to "feed" the good ones and reduce the bad ones. I was unaware of how dairy and other foods prevent colon health while other foods promote it. This little book built on some rudimentary knowledge I had about nutrition and body health and greatly expanded and enhanced it. Highly recommended reading.