Endnotes

1. A good resource to learn more about the koshas is Harish Johari’s Chakras: Energy Centers of Transformation (Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 2000), 25–27.

2. William Li, Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How the Body Can Heal Itself (New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2019).

3. Samuel Hahnemann, Organon of Medicine (New Delhi, India: B. Jain Publishers, 2003), 282–83.

4. Ashkan Afshin et al., “Health Effects of Dietary Risks in 195 Countries, 1990–2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017,” Lancet, April 3, 2019.

5. Sarah Boseley, “Bad Diets Killing More People Globally than Tobacco, Study Finds,” The Guardian (website), April 3, 2019.

6. These hymns can be found in the Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda, book 3, sarga 11.

7. Robert Lawlor, Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime (Rochester Vt.: Inner Traditions International, 1991), 1–11.

8. For more on the colonization and decimation of hunter-gatherer cultures see Jack Weatherford’s Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World (New York: Crown Publishers, 1988); Native Roots: How Indians Enriched America (New York: Fawcett Books, 1991); and Savages and Civilization: Who Will Survive? (New York: Ballantine Books, 1994).

9. Samantha Olson, How Three Meals a Day Became the Rule and Why We Should Be Eating Whenever We Get Hungry Instead, Medical Daily (web-site), March 8, 2015.

10. Peter Brown, “Eat, Fast and Live Longer,” Marishi Ayurveda Blogs (web-site), June 27, 2013.

11. S. Lock, “Eating Out Behavior in the U.S.—Statistics & Facts,” Statista (website), March 1, 2018.

12. Robin Konie, What’s Really in a McDonald’s Hamburger? Thank Your Body (website), last updated February 7, 2020.

13. For more on the toxicity of food see Martin Teitel and Kimberly Wilson’s Genetically Engineered Foods: Changing the Nature of Nature; What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself, Your Family, and Our Planet (Rochester, Vt.: Park Street Press, 2001).

14. Martin Teitel and Kimberly Wilson, Genetically Engineered Foods: Changing the Nature of Nature (Rochester, Vt.: Park Street Press, 2001).

15. “The Egg Industry” and “Chickens Used for Food,” PETA (website).

16. “The Dairy Industry,” PETA (website).

17. “Cow’s Milk: A Cruel and Unhealthy Product,” PETA (website).

18. “The Beef Industry,” PETA (website); Jeremy Rifkin, Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture (New York: Penguin Books, 1992).

19. “Veal: A Byproduct of the Cruel Dairy Industry,” PETA (website).

20. “The Pork Industry,” PETA (website).

21. Kate Good, “Milk Life? How about Milk Destruction? The Shocking Truth about the Dairy Industry and the Environment,” One Green Planet (website); Beth Gardiner, “How Growth in Dairy Is Affecting the Environment,” New York Times, May 1, 2015.

22. Bryan Andres Murcia, “The Alarming Rate of Latin American Deforestation,” Latin American Post (website), December 14, 2017.

23. For more on pasteurization see Ty Bollinger’s “Why Pasteurized Milk Is Bad for Your Health,” Truth about Cancer (website), September 27, 2016. For more on the microbial population of milk see Lisa Quigley et al.’s “The Complex Microbiota of Raw Milk,” FEMS Microbiology Reviews 37, no. 5 (September 2013): 664–98.

24. Jamie Ducharme, “Why Whole Fat Milk and Yogurt Are Healthier Than You Think,” TIME (website), September 2018; Markham Heid, “Why Full-Fat Dairy May Be Healthier Than Low Fat,” TIME (website), March 5, 2015.

25. “Lactose Intolerance: Overview,” NCBI (website), last updated November 29, 2018.

26. “Health Concerns about Dairy,” Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (website).

27. D. Feskanich, et al., “Milk, Dietary Calcium, and Bone Fractures in Women: A 12-Year Prospective Study,” American Journal of Public Health 87, no. 6 (June 1997): 992–97, NCBI (website).

28. T. Colin Campbell, “The Mystique of Protein and Its Implications,” Center for Nutrition Studies (website), last updated January 3, 2019; Francis Vergunst and Julian Savulescu, “Five Ways the Meat on Your Plate Is Killing the Planet,” Conversation (website), April 26, 2017.

29. Thibault Fiolet, et al., “Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Cancer Risk: A Result from NutriNet-Santé Prospective Cohort,” British Medical Journal, 360, no. k322 (2018), BMJ (website).

30. “Can Diet Influence the Onset of Early Puberty?” DrCarney (website), August 13, 2015.

31. For a good resource on the benefits of plant-based foods visit the Plantrician Project website.

32. Sandip T. Gaikwad, et al., “Principles of Fasting in Ayurveda,” International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology 6, no. 1 (2017): 787–92; Shripathi Adiga and Ramya S. Adiga, “Apprehending and Applauding the Therapeutic Importance of Fasting in Ayurveda,” Journal of Nutrition, Fasting and Health 4, no. 1 (2016): 48–52.

33. Yu-Jie Zhang, et al., “Impact of Gut Bacteria on Human Health and Diseases,” International Journal of Molecular Sciences 16, no. 4 (April 2015): 7493–519; Eamonn Quigley, “Gut Bacteria in Health and Disease,” Gastroenterology & Hepatology 9, no. 9 (September 2013): 560–69.

34. Masaru Emoto, The Hidden Messages in Water (New York: Atria Books, 2001).

35. For more science on the memory and vibrations of water see the following resources: Masaru Emoto, The Secret Life of Water (New York: Atria Books, 2005); Bill Gray, Homeopathy: Science or Myth? (Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic Books, 2000); Won H. Kim, “3D Wave Explains ‘Water Memory’,” Fluid Mechanics: Open Access 2, no. 2 (2015); John Stuart Reid, “New Water Memory Research May Lead to Better Understanding of Homeopathic Medicine,” GreenMedinfo (website), August 2, 2018; Shui-Yin Lo et al., “Physical Properties of Water with I_E Structures,” Modern Physics Letters B 10, no. 19 (1996): 921–30; Paolo Bellavite and Andrea Signorini, The Emerging Science of Homeopathy: Complexity, Biodynamics, and Nanopharmacology (Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic Books, 2002), 258–89; Shui-Yin Lo and Benjamin Bonavida, eds., Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties of Stable Water (I_E™) Clusters: Proceedings of the First International Symposium (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, 1998).

36. For more on the science of Homeopathy see George Vithoulkas’s A New Model for Health and Disease (Northern Sporades, Greece: International Academy of Classical Homeopathy, 1991); Homeopathy: Medicine for the New Millennium (Northern Sporades, Greece: International Academy of Classical Homeopathy, 1985); and The Science of Homeopathy (New Delhi, India: B. Jain Publishers, 1998).

37. “Water Distribution on Earth,” Wikipedia (website).

38. Jane E. Stevens, “Oral Ecology,” MIT Technology Review (website), January 1, 1997.

39. For more on fasting and glycogen see Valter D. Longo and Mark P. Mattson, “Fasting: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Applications,” Cellular Metabolism 19, no. 2 (February 4, 2014): 181–92; Michele D. Moore, “Fasting Can Heal the Human Organism of Disease and Reverse the Ageing Process,” JOJ Dermatology and Cosmetics 2, no. 2 (2019): 555581.

40. “The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016/Summary,” Nobel Prize (website), May 15, 2020; Dara Mohammadi, “2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Japanese Scientist,” Lancet, World Report 388, no. 10054 (October 15, 2016): 1870.

41. Keki R. Sidhwa, “What Are the Effects of Fasting?” British Institute of Osteopathy (website), August 2007.

42. Gary Greenberg, “‘Smart’ Vacation Offers Water Fast,” Life Extension (January–February 2019): 37–40.

43. Mukund Sabnis, “Viruddha Ahara: A Critical View,” Ayu 33, no. 3 (July–Sept. 2012): 332–36, NCBI (website).

44. Anne Waugh and Allison Grant, Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness, 9th ed. (London: Churchill Livingstone, 2001), 293–303.

45. Waugh and Grant, Ross and Wilson, 314–15.

46. Jennifer Huizen, “Soluble and Insoluble Fiber: What Is the Difference?” Medical News Today (website), 2017.

47. Alice Park, “Want to Prevent Deadly Diseases? Eat More Fiber,” TIME (February 18–25, 2019): 110.

48. Waugh and Grant, Ross and Wilson, 293–303, 316–17.

49. Waugh and Grant, Ross and Wilson, 302.

50. Waugh and Grant, Ross and Wilson, 317–18.

51. Jamie Ducharme, “Why Whole Fat Milk and Yogurt Are Healthier Than You Think,” TIME (website), September 2018; Markham Heid, “Why Full-Fat Dairy May Be Healthier Than Low Fat,” TIME (website), March 5, 2015.

52. “Butter Is Alright but Margarine Just Might Kill You,” Telegraph, National Post (website), August 2015.

53. She-Chung Wu and Gow Chin Yen, “Effect of Cooking Oil Fumes on the Genotoxicity and Oxidative Stress in Human Lung Carcinoma (A-549) Cells,” Toxicology In Vitro 18, no. 5 (October 2004): 571–80; E. Vladykovaskaya, et al., “Lipid Peroxidation Product 4-Hydroxy Trans2-Nonenal Causes Endothelial Reticulum Stress,” Journal of Biological Chemistry 287, no. 14 (March, 30, 2012): 11398–409; Huiqin Zhong and Huiyong Yin, “Role of Lipid Peroxidation Derived 4-Hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) in Cancer: Focusing on Mitochondria,” Redox Biology 4, no. 193–99 (April 2015); “The Truth about Fats: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between,” Harvard Health Publishing (website), 2015; Robin Madell and Rachel Nall, “Good Fats, Bad Fats and Heart Disease,” Healthline (web-site), 2018; Yangbo Sun et al., “Association of Fried Food Consumption with all Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality: Prospective Cohort Study,” British Medical Journal (online) 364 (January 23, 2019).

54. “Nutrients Lost during Cooking,” TNAU Agritech Portal (website).

55. William E. Kraus et al., “2 Years of Calorie Restriction and Cardiometabolic Risk (CALERIE): Exploratory Outcomes of a Multicentre, Phase 2, Randomised Controlled Trial,” Lancet 7, no. 9 (September 1, 2019): 673–83.

56. Kevin D. Hall et al., “Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake,” Cell Metabolism 30, no. 1 (July 2, 2019): 67–77.

57. Farokh J. Master, Healing Cancer: A Homeopathic Approach, vol. 1 (New Delhi, India: B. Jain Publishers, 2019), 98–102.

58. Some good references on growing your own container garden are Dixie Sandborn’s “Container Gardening for Growing Food” (from Michigan State University MSU Extension’s website) and “Growing Vegetables in Containers” (from the University of Florida Gardening Solutions’ website).

59. “The Honey Industry,” PETA (website).

60. Jamie Ducharme, “The Rise of Healthier Proteins,” TIME (January 28, 2019): 53–55.

61. Ducharme, “The Rise of Healthier Proteins,” 53–55.

62. “Seasonal Produce Guide,” SNAP-Ed Connection (website).

63. R. Eberhard, et al., “Phosphate Additives in Foods: A Health Risk,” Deutsches Ärzteblatt International 109, no. 4 (January 2012): 49–55; Benjamin P. Best, “Cryoprotectant Toxicity: Facts, Issues, and Questions,” Rejuvenation Research 18, no. 5 (October 1, 2015): 422–36.

64. “Meat Products with High Levels of Extenders and Fillers,” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States (website).

65. Nicole M. Avena, Pedro Rada, and Bartley G. Hoebel, “Evidence for Sugar Addiction: Behavioral and Neurochemical Effects of Intermittent, Excessive Sugar Intake,” Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 32, no. 1 (2008): 20–39.

66. Christopher Kilham, The Five Tibetans: Five Dynamic Exercises for Health, Energy, and Personal Power (Rochester, Vt.: Healing Arts Press, 1994).

67. Anne Tergesen, “The Best Exercises for Your 50s, 60s, 70s—and Beyond,” Wall Street Journal (website), April 19, 2019.

68. Martin M. Grajower and Benjamin D. Horne, “Clinical Management of Intermittent Fasting in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus,” Nutrients 11, no. 4 (April 18, 2019): 873; Suleiman Furmli et al., “Therapeutic Use of Intermittent Fasting for People with Type 2 Diabetes as an Alternative to Insulin,” British Medical Journal Case Reports 2018 (October 9, 2018).

69. Otilia Bobis, et al., “Honey and Diabetes: The Importance of Natural Simple Sugars in Diet for Preventing and Treating Different Types of Diabetes,” OxiMed & Cellular Longevity (website) vol. 2018, article 4757893.

70. David Hoffman, Medical Herbalism: The Science Principles and Practices of Herbal Medicine (Rochester Vt.: Healing Arts Press, 2003), 258–315, 571; Lizzie Streit, “9 Teas That Can Improve Digestion,” Healthline (website), August 14, 2019; “Herbs & the Digestive System,” Traditional Medicinals (website), October 26, 2016.

71. Ted Kallmyer, “Caffeine Withdrawal Symptoms: Top Fifteen,” Caffeine Informer (website), last updated April 30, 2020.

72. Erica Cirino, “What Happens When You Drink on an Empty Stomach?” Healthline (website), October 23, 2018.

73. Katherine Watson, “Enema Administration,” Healthline (website), January 24, 2017.

74. Christopher Vasey, The Detox Mono Diet: The Miracle Grape Cure and Other Cleansing Diets (Rochester, Vt.: Healing Arts Press, 1995), 132–33.

75. See Wu, “Effect of Cooking Oil Fumes”; Vladykovaskaya, “Lipid Peroxidation”; and Zhong, “Role of Lipid Peroxidation” in note 49.

76. “Water Intake Calculator” Aqua4Balance (website).

77. Vasey, Detox Mono Diet.

78. “How Much Time Your Body Takes to Digest These Foods,” Times Food (website), November 16, 2018.

79. “Legumes and Nutrition” and “Legumes and Fiber,” Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council (website).

80. “The Health Risks of Shift Work,” WebMD (website).

81. “Discover the Digestive Benefits of Fermented Foods,” Health & Nutrition Letter (Tufts University website), January 29, 2014; Kelly Bilodeau, “Fermented Foods for Better Gut Health,” Harvard Health Publishing (website), May 16, 2018.

82. Many articles on calorie restriction (117+ available to date) can be found on the Life Extension website.