Book "Fit for Life A New Beginning" by Harvey Diamond
This book, published in 2000, is by the co-author of the previous
best-seller "Fit for Life.
It reveals how we can take charge of our health and prevent disease.
With its logical common-sense approach, it is one of the best books on
health that I have read. Some quotations follow:
"It can appear that it is haphazard circumstances that bring on ill health,
but it is not." P14.
"I don't just want to show people what to do after they're sick; I want to
show them what to do so they don't become sick." P15.
"The fact that impeccably reliable and effective methods of prevention and
healing are virtually hidden from the general public is a tragedy of immense
proportions." P16.
"Can you see that the basic function of medicine is after-the-fact
treatment. Rather than focusing on the cause of the problem, it focuses on
lessening the symptoms of the problem." P45.
"The enormous importance of diet in determining our health is no longer a
matter of speculation but rather a well established, scientifically
substantiated fact of life." P46.
"The cleaner the body is, the better it works." P52.
"How sad that the prevailing opinion of traditional medicine ignores the
need for inner cleansing." P57.
"You see, cancer is not the problem, it is the end result of the problem."
P61.
"Incidence of cancer is also increasing, suggesting a failure to prevent or
control new or current causes of cancer." P65.
"Millions of animals have been tortured throughout the world to find the
cure of a malady which has been steadily increasing for 50 years." P66
(referring to words written in 1924, that just as relevant today).
"Where that (cancer) happens isn't the most important thing. Why it happens
is the issue." P69.
"Traditional therapies of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy attack the
problem at the end stages of its growth, after the fact. It is attacking
the effect while ignoring the cause." P70.
"Cancer will never just happen. It will inevitably be the result of causes
that were not removed over a very long period of time." P70.
"By and large, drugs don't do any good in addressing the underlying causes
of illness. Although they can block symptoms that can be life-threatening,
in most cases they are overused and misused." P88
"The causes are never addressed, ensuring that whatever problem was being
drugged gets worse, requiring even more drugs." P92.
"Drugs do have their place. Emergency situations require emergency measures
and sometimes, under certain circumstances, drugs fulfil that need." P94.
"We must nurture a genuine appreciation for the unparalleled ability to heal
that our bodies possess." P97.
"Radiation and chemotherapy are poisons. They poison and kill both cancer
cells and healthy cells. Moreover, these treatments are themselves
carcinogenic. That's right, the treatment for cancer causes cancer." P114.
"Women have choices outside of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation and they
are not being told about them." P130.
"It would be one thing if the incidence of, and death rate from, breast
cancer were steadily decreasing, but the exact opposite is true." P130.
"That I am not a medical doctor is in my favor. It afforded me the
opportunity to study before-the-fact treatment instead of after-the-fact
treatment." P131.
"There's no drug, no shot, no pill, no potion that will prevent the
inevitable results of negative living habits from coming to pass." P152.
"The greatest threat to your health is the overconsumption of animal
products. Animal products include all meat, chicken, fish, eggs, and dairy
products." P179.
"High-fat animal products stimulate the development of free radicals.
Antioxidant rich fruits and vegetables prevent their formation." P190.
"The relationship between a healthy life and regular exercise is
irrefutable." P206.
"Good thoughts produce good things and negative thoughts produce negative
things." P281.
"Scholars and researchers have shown that repressed, unvented anger, coupled
with a lack of self-love, has been a major contributor in many cases of all
kinds of disease." P300.
Christopher Browne.