The Tao Of Health, Sex, and Longevity: A Modern Practical Guide to the Ancient Way

Sample Menus for One Week General Guidelines • Eat no more than one meal per day based on meat, fish, or chicken. • Eat one meal per day of exclusively raw food. • Apply the basic rules of food combining at all meals. • Except for fresh fruit in season, don’t eat snacks between meals. • Except for whole cream and butter, avoid pasteurized cow milk

Until the 20th century, wealthy households in China retained a well-known physician to be on constant call for the entire family, much as major corporations today retain renowned attorneys. The physician would visit the household regularly to check everyone’s health, dispense preventive advice and formulas, check on diets and personal habits, and g

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Correctly combining foods makes all the difference in the world to proper digestion and metabolism. Without complete digestion, the nutrients in even the most wholesome food cannot be fully extracted and assimilated by the body. Moreover, incomplete digestion and inefficient metabolism are prime causes of fat and cholesterol accumulation in the bod

Chew food thoroughly before swallowing it.

On a weekly basis, there are a number of measures you can take to keep self-purification ahead of self-pollution. The neti nasal douche should be done at least once a week. It’s also a good idea to take a dose or two of psyllium seed powder once or twice a week to furnish fibrous bulk and serve as an intestinal broom, especially if you don’t eat at

The Eskimos were the only tribe in all of North and South America that never developed the tradition of a tribal medicine man because they virtually never got sick. Indeed, the word “Eskimo” comes from an old Indian term that means “he who eats it raw,” and therein lies the secret to their former health and longevity.

Taoist health care employs five primary therapeutic methods to prevent and combat disease, maintain energy balance, regulate the vital organs, and harmonize the Three Treasures of life. Those therapies are herbs and diet, acupuncture, massage, breathing and exercise, and heliotherapy (sunlight therapy).

An alternative is to do your first few fasts with colonics in order to effect a thorough cleansing of the bowels, after which you may experiment with straight water fasts. A good program is to take one 7-day fast each year with colonics and supplements, plus two or three 3-day fasts during the rest of the year drinking distilled water. Fasting once