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"After Mohandas Gandhi led the passive resistance movement of indians against British imperialism and an independent India was established, internal strife between Pakistani and Muslim indians broke out. Gandhi hoped people on both sides would respect his love for a free India and his efforts to make the dream come true. He further capitalized on the people's inability to distinguish between fasting and starvation by conducting personal protest fasts to inspire members of the two factions to restore peace in the new India." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Cherokee indians also followed the pattern of high refined carbohydrate associated with high diabetes incidence. In the Natal indians of the Zulu tribe, an increase in diabetes incidence was directly related to refined carbohydrate consumption, as tribal members who ate cane sugar (a complex carbohydrate) had a lower incidence of diabetes. Dr. Cleave's data suggests that there is now no country where the incidence of diabetes cannot be directly related to increased refined carbohydrate intake." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"American indians knew how to eat healthy, but the pioneers suffered nutritional deficiencies The early colonial settlers in America, by the way, didn't know how to properly process corn as the American indians did. The American indians processed corn using potash (which is highly alkaline) that makes the B vitamins in corn available for assimilation during digestion. But the American settlers, not understanding how to prepare corn, would simply grind up their corn and consume it as corn flour (corn meal)." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.)

"Although she spoke only her native Spanish, the indians could understand her as she shared the teachings of the great master with them. The documentation of her sightings came when the archbishop of Mexico, Don Francisco Manzo y Zuniga, heard about her experience. When he sent missionaries to investigate, they were amazed to find that the local indians of the area were already well educated in the life of Jesus—so well, in fact, that they immediately baptized the entire tribe on the spot. Nearly a decade later, Maria de Agreda's mystical journeys were finally validated." - Gregg Braden, The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief (Get the book.)

"Indians. Participants in the studies would be placed in front of the computers and asked to try to influence the machine to produce more of one image—more cowboys, say—then to focus on producing more images of indians, and then to try not to influence the machine in either direction. Over the course of more than 2.5 million trials Jahn and Dunne decisively demonstrated that human intention can influence these electronic devices in the specified direction,10 and their results were replicated independently by 68 investigators." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"After Mohandas Gandhi led the passive resistance movement of indians against British imperialism and an independent India was established, internal strife between Pakistani and Muslim indians broke out. Gandhi hoped people on both sides would respect his love for a free India and his efforts to make the dream come true. He further capitalized on the people's inability to distinguish between fasting and starvation by conducting personal protest fasts to inspire members of the two factions to restore peace in the new India." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Duvall, Mythology of the Blackfeet indians (Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. II, Part I; New York, 1909), pp. 55-57. Quoted by Thompson, op. cit., pp. 111-113. 23 Jacobus de Voragine, op. cit., CIV, "Saint Martha, Virgin." Fig. 18. King Ten (Egypt, First Dynasty, ca. 3200 b.c.) Smashes the Head of a Prisoner of War going against the dragon has been the great device of self-justification for all crusades." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.)

"The Seri indians of Mexico, one of the last hunter-gatherer societies in the Americas, were intimately linked to the pitahaya, or dragon fruit, as it's now known. Food was so scarce that, after eating the cactus fruits in season, they'd rummage through their own feces for pitahaya seeds, which they would then roast and crush for use in the coming winter. As the Seri have been assimilated, younger generations have already forgotten that pitahayas are even edible. There have been many fruitarians through history. The writings of Buddhist disciples portray Siddhartha Gautama as a fruitarian." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"The prevalence among Zuni indians is 14.3% [11]. The prevalence of GDM among women with diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds was examined between 1994 and 2002. The prevalence of GDM in United States increased from 1.7% to 3.1% among non-Hispanic whites; from 2.8 to 5.4% in Hispanics, and from 2.9 to 5.4% in African Americans [12]. It has been reported that the prevalence of GDM among the Hispanic population in the United States ranges between 5 and 15% depending on the geographical location." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Blood pressure, sodium intake, and sodium related hormones in the Yanomamo indians, a "no-salt" culture. Circulation 52, 146-151. 11. Hollenberg, N. K., et al. (1997). Aging, acculturation, salt intake, and hypertension in the Kuna of Panama. Hypertension 29(2), 171-176. 12. Poulter, N. R., et al. (1990). The Kenyan Luo migration study: observations on the initiation of a rise in blood pressure. BMJ 300, 967-972. 13. He, J., et al. (1991). Effect of migration on blood pressure: the Yi People study. Epidemiology 2, 88-97. 14. Prior, I. A. M. (1974)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Population genetics of apolipoprotein A-4, E, and H polymorphisms in Yanomami indians of northwestern Brazil: Associations with lipids, lipoproteins, and carbohydrate metabolism. Hum. Biol. 65, 211-224. 78. Hanis, C. L., Douglas, T. C, and Hewett-Emmett, D. (1991). Apolipoprotein A-IV protein polymorphism: Frequency and effects on lipids, lipoproteins, and apolipoproteins among Mexican-Americans in Starr County, Texas. Hum. Genet, 86, 323-325. 79. Zaiou, M., Visvikis, S., Gueguen, R., Parra, H. J., Fruchart, J. C, and Siest, G. (1994)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Take, for example, the centuries-old prophecy of the North American Hopi indians. They foresaw the coming of the white man from the East; his invention of carriages that need no horses; and his ability to travel along roads in the sky. One part of the Hopi prophecy seems to predict World War II; another matches well with the establishment of the United Nations; others detail the death and destruction that the white man would bring, and his desecration of the land." - Peter Russell, Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace In Times of Accelerating Change (Get the book.)

"See Morris Edward Opler, Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache indians (Memoirs of the American Folklore Society, No. 31, 1938); and Leo Frobenius and Dousrlas C. Fox, African Genesis (New York, 1927), pp. 4Q-ko. even beaten into shape. The earth brings forth thoins and thistles; man eats, bread in the sweat of his brow. Two modes of myth therefore confront us. According to one, the demiurgic forces continue to operate of themselves; according to the other, they give up the initiative and even set themselves against the further progress of the cosmogonic round." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.) "The wise realize, even within this womb, that they 130 Morris Edward Opler, Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache indians (Memoirs of the American Folklore Society, Vol. XXXI, 1938), p. 110. 131 Compare supra, p. 1K2, note. have come from and are returning to the father; while the very wise know that she and he are in substance one. This is the meaning of those Tibetan images of the union of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas with their own feminine aspects that have seemed so indecent to many Christian critics." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.)

"Ojibway indians. HISTORY On a fateful day in 1922, renowned Canadian cancer nurse Rene Caisse happened to notice some scar tissue on the breast of an elderly woman. Diagnosed with breast cancer years before, the woman didn't want to risk surgery, nor did she have the money for it. As luck would have it, an old Ojibway Indian medicine man told her that he could cure her cancer with an herbal tea. The Ojibway, enjoying the bountiful natural resources of the Great Lakes region, were long considered to have an extensive natural pharmacopoeia." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Cancer is virtually unknown among people such as the Hunzas of northern Pakistan, the Georgians of western Russia, and the Titikaka indians of southeastern Peru. They do not have access to the kinds of healthcare resources we have, yet they live to very old ages virtually free of our debilitating diseases. They carry on working until they die or shortly before they die. They do not suffer, nor do they live with pain. Drs. Walker and Bragg, mentioned at the beginning of this book, experienced a similar pattern of healthy longevity. What are these people doing that is different?" - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"So mesmerism was not as socially destabilizing or morally disruptive when practised in India, on indians. By the same token, however, mesmerism's critics and doubters—and even its supporters—were also at liberty to regard Indian results as non-transferable. The Marquis of Dalhousie, for example, offered little support for the use of mesmerism in Britain, despite his role in promoting its use in India. When approached by the Poor Law Guardians of Exeter to advise them in their deliberations over the use of mesmerism in their lunatic asylum, Dalhousie replied: Of the efficacy of Dr." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.) "Native Ladies will prefer death to the humiliation of having their groins examined by male doctors who are utter strangers to them', one Indian newspaper proclaimed; another argued that the new plague laws permitted indians to be treated like 'mere beasts and as such not entitled to any belief or sympathy'.14 Even the bodies of the dead were not sacrosanct; they could be seized, dissected, and traditional funeral rites severely curtailed." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.) "These logistical advantages, independent of the medical and doctrinal content of the homeopathic system, made it far easier for homeopathy than for either allopathy or mesmerism to recruit support among indians themselves." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"The remotest forager ancestors of the Pueblo indians developed great expertise with wild plant foods, the realities of sparse water supplies, and the habits of small game. They survived, even flourished, in an inhospitable and highly diverse environment for thousands of years, responding to drought and long-term climatic changes by falling back on less nutritious foods and, above all, by moving across the land and fostering close kin ties. The habit of constant adjustment to changing environmental conditions was deeply ingrained in the southwestern farmer's psyche from the very beginning." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.) "Stories of the past told by Pueblo indians like the Tewa of northern New Mexico share one common element—movement. Movement is one of the fundamental ideological concepts of Pueblo thought, because mobility perpetuates human life. Says the Tewa Tessie Naranjo: "Movement, clouds, wind, and rain are one. Movement must be emulated by the people."1 Keeping on the move was the way to survive. Pueblo history has always been a continual process of moving, settling down, then moving again." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.) "The survivors of the disaster did what the Anasazi indians of the American Southwest did two centuries later during another catastrophic drought. They dispersed into small, self-sustaining villages where their descendants live to this day. CHAPTER NINE The Ancient Ones Survival, I know how this way. This way, I know. It rains. Mountains and canyons and plants grow. We traveled this way, gauged our distance by stories and loved our children ... We told ourselves over and over again, We shall survive this way." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.) "The Moche indians of northern Peru mined the Chincha Islands for guano as early as A.D. 500 and built a flourishing agricultural state on its nitrogen content. Centuries later the Incas so valued bird droppings that they divided portions of the islands between different peoples and communities. Huano, like gold, was considered a gift of the gods. The death penalty awaited anyone caught killing nesting birds. Despite von Humboldt and Bonpland's discovery, the remarkable properties of Peiuvian guano remained unknown to the outside world until the 1830s." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"This is the power known to science as^ energy, to the Mela-nesians as mana, to the Sioux indians as wakonda, the Hindus as in the psyche is termed, by the psychoanalysts, libido.1 And its manifestation in the cosmos is the structure and flux of the universe itself. The apprehension of the source of this undifferentiated yet everywhere particularized substratum of being is rendered frustrate by the very organs through which the apprehension must be accomplished." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.)

"A tradition of herbal cleansing is recorded in the cultures of the ancient Sumerians, Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Chinese, Europeans, and American and Asian indians. The Chinese have a long and rich herbal tradition, dating back some five thousand years. They count their medicinal herbs in the thousands, as compared to the hundreds used therapeutically in Western societies. The therapeutic use of herbal preparations is also an integral part of Ayurvedic medicine, an ancient Indian system of healing that has its roots in Vedic culture." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Liedloff evaluates Western society and human nature through the lens of the Stone Age indians she spent two and a half years observing in the jungles of Venezuela. Life Before Birth: The Challenges of Fetal Development by Peter Na-thanielsz can be a little technical at times, but it has a lot of great information on toxins and pregnancy. Super Baby by Sarah Brewer provides excellent tips for boosting your child's intelligence while he's still in the womb. Diet and Nutrition The Complete Organic Pregnancy has a lot of great information about organic food." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"In the Natal indians of the Zulu tribe, an increase in diabetes incidence was directly related to refined carbohydrate consumption, as tribal members who ate cane sugar (a complex carbohydrate) had a lower incidence of diabetes. Dr. Cleave's data suggests that there is now no country where the incidence of diabetes cannot be directly related to increased refined carbohydrate intake. Similar findings were found for all indigenous groups migrating to urban environments, such as Kurdish immigrants." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "An article by the Canadian Medical Association in 1976 reported that indians in Northern Canada, who ate more than a pound of fish per day, had symptoms of mercury poisoning. A 1985 study in West Germany of 136 people who regularly consumed fish from the Elbe River found a correlation between the blood levels of both mercury and pesticides and the amount of fish eaten." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "The thrifty gene, which allows indians to survive long periods of famine in Mexico, works against them on the Gila River reservation. "All of a sudden, there's this constant food supply, like we have now, 24 hours a day. We never have the famine, so that's why they become so much more overweight. Then, being overweight, they develop the Type-2 diabetes that goes with that." TOTAL PREVALENCE OF DIABETES BY RACE/ETHNICITY28 Non-Hispanic Whites: 13.1 million, or 8.7 percent of all non-Hispanic whites age 20 years or older have diabetes. Non-Hispanic Blacks: 3.2 million, or 13." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Researchers looking at indians living in the United Kingdom saw that last-trimester vitamin D supplementation of nutrition-deficient pregnant women who were eating low-protein vegetarian diets made these women gain weight faster in the third trimester and have infants half as likely to have intrauterine growth retardation. This information suggests that vitamin D and diet play important roles in fetal development and future risk for metabolic syndrome." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

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