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The Complete Home GfuoidoedtoanHderbnsu, tNraittuioranl Healing, and Nutrition  
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excellent binders include arrowroot and cornstarch. If a slightly spicy  
thickener is required, use ground coriander.  
Fish  
Fish now consume waste products that we liberally dump into the oceans  
year after year: drugs, radioactive materials, chemical waste, and heavy  
metals (particularly lead, cadmium, and mercury). Most of the fish in our  
rivers and lakes are equally poisoned in contaminated water. The notion  
of fish being a more digestible protein than meat (with almost no fat  
content) is becoming more irrelevant by the day. Trout and salmon, now  
antibiotics, antifungals, and other chemicals used to combat the diseases  
caused by unnatural overpopulation.  
grown” in fish farms (fin to fin), live in water contaminated with  
Chemical pollutants in the sea provide a nightmare scenario, but  
nitrate discharges into the sea are high and sewage discharges cause  
oxygen depletion, resulting in aggressive algal growth, which suffocates  
fish. Instead of using fish oils to decrease plaque buildups in the vascular  
system, use flaxseed oil or hempseed oil, which are richer in essential fatty  
acids like omega-3 and omega-6.  
Drinking  
What we drink is as important as what we eat. Drinking forms a large  
part of all our lives.  
Coffee and tea both contain caffeine, a strong stimulant. Tea also  
contains theine, which is an additional stimulant, and tannin, which  
lines the stomach with an impermeable wall, making it difficult for  
assimilation and digestion to take place. Both drinks also contain  
theobromine a harmful chemical that particularly exacerbates fe-  
male gynecological disorders. Tea and coffee affect the adrenal  
glands, and long-term consumption can often lead to worn-out adre-  
nals. The kidneys, too, are adversely affected. Coffee, in particular,  
will make the heart race, and palpitations and tachycardia are com-  
mon. Yet these effects tend to go on constantly, so that most people  
do not notice the gradual degeneration of their bodies. Often, they  
are unable to remember what life was like before or imagine what it  
could be again. (When coming off tea, coffee, or alcohol, refer to  
“The Differences between Fasting and Detoxification” in chapter 6.)  
Decaffeinated tea and coffee can provide a vital interim step for those  
wishing to come off the real thing. Springwater decaffeination is the  
safest process, and the labeling will indicate the process used.  


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