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"Men do not die, they KILL themselves."
 Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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INTRODUCTION
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Dr. Allen E. Banik's insatiable quest for knowledge, and intense desire to trace all chronic and fatal diseases to a common cause, somehow caught the attention of Art Linkletter, who wanted some health scientist to visit the long-lived people of Hunza, and probably bring back the secret of their amazing spans of life. Dr. Banik startled the world with his report to the nation.

As Mr. Linkletter stated in the book, Hunza Land, (by Dr. Banik), "We could easily have asked for someone at random in our studio audience — but for an examination of the strange people in the faraway Himalayas, we needed a man with a scientific background and a deep interest in the study of geriatrics."

"Dr. Banik proved to be that man, an optometrist living in Kearney, Nebraska, whose name came up repeatedly in our quest for a hobbyist who pursued the provocative study of old age."

"We flew a People Are Funny scout to his home town to interview him to make sure he was the right man for this kind of stunt. The report came back, 'great.' Dr. Banik was the ideal guest: enthusiastic, cooperative, curious, happy, and an intelligent observer."

"He and Hunza made one of the most successful episodes in our show's history. My only regret was that time-on-the-air did not permit the full story of his eventful trip to be told. Happily, his book, Hunza Land, fills in the fascinating details and unfolds the complete story of one of the most unusual postage-stamp countries in the world."

In his book. The Choice Is Clear, Dr. Banik continues his findings in Hunza Land, only now to shock the world, with the one finding he nearly missed—one of the real secrets of longevity.

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I realize that there have been a few university study results that seem to deny these observations. And it may be possible, in rare circumstances, that water can contain organically complexed minerals that are assimilable. But these are rare situations, especially on our now polluted planet. I am also aware of a study that tends to correlate heart health with hard water areas. Full scrutiny of these data, however, poses more questions than it answers. Not answered at all is how people are to get unpolluted water in the first place.

Pure Water Is Your Lifeline
We have now learned that water is a carrier of inorganic minerals and toxic chemicals of organic synthesis. But through the process of distilling, the water is separated from virtually everything it carries, and is now pure water. As it enters the body, it again picks up mineral deposits accumulated in the joints, artery walls, or wherever such deposits occur, and begins to carry them out. Gall stones and kidney stones get smaller and smaller until they can safely pass through their ducts. Little by little arthritic pains become less as joints become more supple and movable. Arteries gradually become more elastic as blood pressures tend to become more normal. Gradually the outlook on life becomes a little more youthful—ambitions begin to return, while the squeaking rocking chair will give way to the web covered golf clubs.

The startling fact to remember is that water attracts chiefly inorganic minerals. Organic minerals stay in the tissues, where they belong. This is a marvelous feat of Divine Reasoning. We were not born to die, we were born to live! This fact is easily proved. X-rays of the arteries will never show unless there are calcium deposits along the artery walls. Doesn't this prove that we have mineral deposits even along swift moving blood channels?

So hard water carries inert minerals into the body, and distilled water carries them out, it's just as simple as that.

There is then only one way you can purify your body and help to eliminate your chronic aging diseases and that is through the miracle of distilled water. A sludge-filled motor cannot operate smoothly unless the sludge is removed. Neither can a body be supple and ageless unless the joints, arteries, cells and nerve tracts are free of mineral deposits!

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The Appalling Truth
The average person drinks about a gallon of water per day. Adding up the cups of coffee, tea, soft drinks, food and water, this gallon isn't too much. Many men drink much more. At a gallon a day, the average person drinks up to 450 glasses of solids (inorganic matter) during a life span. These same solids are found in your humidifier, and in grandmother's teakettle. Think of it, 450 glasses of mineral solids in your system during a lifetime.

What does the body do with these foreign materials? Nature does the very same thing you are now thinking. It tries to eliminate them. Do you recall the water spots on your windows from your water sprinkler? Ever try to remove them? It takes lots of vinegar and lots of rubbing to dissolve the deposits.

This same reaction takes place in our bodies. It begins by putting a thin Film along our intestinal walls. As soon as one film is laid, it attracts another film much easier, until it begins to build up and one of the first results is constipation, a plague to millions of people. Other deposits occur where blood flows the slowest, such as in the joints as arthritis and gout, along the arteries as hardening, in the veins as varicose, in the lungs as emphysema. It often coats the crystalline lens of the eyes with a fine film possibly resulting in cataracts. Glaucoma, the dreaded eye disease, can be another result of hard water. The tiny vessels film up with mineral deposits, which result in a buildup of pressure in the eye. There has never been a known cause for glaucoma. It might be the mineral deposits.

In all my years of experience as a practicing optometrist, all my glaucoma patients drank water with extreme hardness. Distilled water as a possible preventative is still the best long-range program to follow.

Heart Attacks Unknown
Bantu African tribesmen are known to have the cleanest arteries, as well as the most elastic ones. They dig no wells, but catch rain water. Although this water is contaminated with bacteria, it is still almost free of minerals. The air and water pollutions, such as we have here, have not as yet affected them as much. This is a tremendous testimony for mineral-free water. Even the Europeans have far less cholesterol in their arteries than we do. They of course drink more wine than we do. Wine is comprised of distilled water. All water that passes through the roots of plants, converts the inorganic minerals to organic

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minerals, and distills the water at the same time. When juices contain minerals, they contain them as complexed organic molecules.

The True Function Of Cholesterol
Cholesterol is very important to our system. We get it in certain foods. The largest part originates in saturated fats, and this type can be harmful. The liver also manufactures its own cholesterol. Cholesterol is an oil or lubricant. It keeps the blood oily so the blood can flow easily through the arteries and veins. If it were not for cholesterol, the friction along our artery walls would soon wear them through. Nature is not so stupid. Everything is planned to work. But as inorganic mineral deposits adhere to the artery walls, cholesterol collects, narrowing the diameter of the arteries, risking possible occlusion. The Bantu Africans did not have this problem. The best time to avoid mineral deposits is at an early age. This reasoning is logical.

My Personal Experience
About forty years ago I felt the impact of the effects of drinking hard deep well water. I never gave it much thought until recently, perhaps, because I was not concerned about longevity then.

This particular farmer had a most distressing health problem. I doubt that he weighed a hundred pounds. At intervals he would be unable to eat. If he did, he would belch, vomit and double up with pain. I thought each day would be his last. Finally his doctor advised him to leave his farm. Upon arriving in California, a kind neighbor suggested he drink distilled water with several small glasses of wine in between. A month later symptoms vanished and he could eat heartily. Today at the age of 88 he is still hale and hearty, an example of good health. It was the iron and magnesium in his well water that could have spelled an early death for him.

I Followed The Same Path
I still remember how I used to enjoy drinking ice cold water from his deep well, not realizing I was consuming three glasses of solids per year. That I too was a candidate for hardening of the arteries, arthritis, cataracts, gall stones, diabetes, obesity and other aging diseases never crossed my mind.

I then recalled another experience during my teen-age years. I was born and reared in a small South Dakota town. In those days

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we had a town well to supply our drinking water. It was good cold hard water. (It did a wonderful job in corroding my mother's teakettle.) The city electric plant was located near the well, but I noticed the plant manager drank distilled water. Being curious, I asked him why he drank that filthy water with such good tasting well water nearby.

I can still feel the indignation that suddenly swelled up within him. He then softened his words by saying, "Some day when you grow up, you will find out." Somehow this always bothered me. I knew he didn't want to take the time to explain it to a mere kid. All the while I knew he had his reasons. It took me all these years to find out.

The truth of drinking distilled water is not new. It is just that the public has never caught on. Today, many progressive doctors prescribe distilled water for their patients. All the kidney machines operate on the purest distilled water. It is now time to shake our sickly population out of their lethargy and languor. Thousands of American cities have potential health hazards in their drinking water and millions of farm wells should be condemned.

The Dark Clouds Are Gathering
Not only are we concerned about the minerals in our water, but we must also add the deadly nitrates and anthracenes which are seeping into our lakes, rivers and wells. The sewer wastes, and factory pollutions, detergents included, travel upstream underground at the rate of a half mile every six months.

Our President Shocked
Our Presidents realize that through pollution we could destroy ourselves within the next few decades. Only through the backing of our government and by spending billions of dollars can we even begin to cope with this insurmountable problem.

What our Presidents don't realize is that the first step to take is to purify our drinking water. According to government statistics, 10 parts per million of nitrates in water can kill a newborn baby. This is serious! To put filtering plants in our cities would take millions of dollars. The quickest solution to our drinking water problem would be to distill and bottle water for delivery to our homes.

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My Personal Problem Solved
I investigated this product and found distilled water was selling for about fifty cents per gallon a few years ago. It is higher now. I then began a search for a home still. There were many on the market for our laboratories, but the plumbing and the upkeep would be expensive, as well as a cleaning problem. Also most stills were not made for drinking purposes.

As luck would have it, I found an all-electric automatic still which just answered my purpose. The size of the still depends on the number of gallons needed. They are automatic and attractive in appearance, operate on pennies a day, and usually pay for themselves in nine months. It solved my immediate drinking problem for me and my family. I can now enjoy the purest water at its best!

We Are Our Own Worst Enemies
Now I can fight pollution. I can enter government programs raising my voice at town meetings against pollution in the soil, in the air and in the water. Today, the newborn baby doesn't have a chance if there are nitrates in its first bottle of water. Blue babies are the results of nitrates. How many babies are crying today when the hidden cause lies in the water, food, and the air they consume. Any mother would sacrifice her life for that of her child, yet unknowingly, through pollution, she becomes a hazard to her own child.

We Must Declare War On Pollution
The fight to end pollution calls for the combined efforts of every man, woman and child. The farmer must watch the insecticides and the toxic chemicals in his soils. The manufacturer must bottle up his waste products and eliminate deadly monoxide gas. The air must be made free and clean of all harmful particles. Pollutants are serious today, very serious.

Although I have solved my own problems so far as polluted and mineral saturated water is concerned, what about the millions of people in our cities who are unknowingly drinking water saturated with toxic chemicals and inorganic minerals? What about our rural people, who consider deep wells the epitome of good drinking water, not realizing the surgeries and aging diseases that may lie ahead?

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Water Is Never The Same
True, our officials inspect and test our city water periodically, but water is never the same at all times, neither are wells in the same locations. Water can vary every day. Sometimes chemicals in water can become excessive; at other times negligible; but at all times the minerals will be there. We are looking for a mineral free and chemical free water. This is the only kind of water our bodies demand. Only through the process of distillation can we achieve this purity.

Water: A Carrier Of Disease
I recall a Dr. T. R. Van Dellen, who made the statement that even foul water carries the germs of hepatitis. In one ten-year time frame while I practiced in my profession, there were 1,700 cases of hepatitis due to contaminated water. Life is too precious to victimize so many innocent people.

House Beautiful magazine once made this statement: "You may still be able to drink water from your tap, but chances are it's not as pure as it could—and should—be. The pollutants in much of our water include chemicals from industry, such as lethal chlorinates, obnoxious phenols and tannins, plus commercial chemical fertilizers, weed killers, poison pesticides washed into streams by runoff or put into the water by injudicious over-spray"

"Radioactive materials may one day be our most serious pollutant. Should atmospheric testing be resumed, this would be a menace. Also present is radioactive cesium-137 and even benzene-5, a known carcinogen."

"What can we do about it? We can improve our own home water supply. Water from our municipal systems has been treated to kill contagion, but still may not be appetizing. It comes from a sewage-polluted river or lake, it may be cloudy. It may be so hard that soap won't lather, but instead forms curds that puts a dirty ring around our bathtubs and turns our white clothes gray. If our water comes from a well, it may have all these faults and more. If you have a well, you may be floating on a sea of sewage."

"Now the day is coming [for many it is already here] when we, too, must face up to the question of whether we want to drink our water as it runs from the tap. Stop gap measures could correct some of it's evils. But only some. The real answer lies in our rivers, our lakes and in our soil—and in what we do to protect them against befoulment. If we do nothing, a scourge of major proportion may be our legacy." So wrote David X. Manners.

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This will give you some idea of how serious our water problem is! To clean it will take years. The answer lies in what we do now for our own protection. La Vista, Nebraska, had a severe water problem midway during my practicing career. The tap water collected in jars was rust colored and murky. Mrs. Carol Petersen, a local, said: "We had a lot of other neighbors who wanted to come here this morning, but they couldn't because they had to stay home with their children who had diarrhea from drinking the water."

Since water is a carrier of minerals and chemicals, let me list some of them found in our water:

Our bodies need many of the above-mentioned elements, but only in their organic state. They must first pass through the roots of our plants (cytology) before our bodies can assimilate them. Herein lies the big error. Nature has a tremendous distilling plant. As the vapors rise, all impurities are left behind. Only as the clouds recondense the water does it again pick up the elements left behind. Now it becomes harmful to us, but beneficial to plants.

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There is a big difference between powdered iron filings and the iron found in plants. It takes no chemist to tell the difference.

Why Should We Grow Older?
The body is designed to feel younger—at any age. To feel one day older has always plagued the thinking of humanity and added worries to everyday living. New wrinkles add up to deeper lines—gray hair begins to crop out—while deaths occur at younger ages. All this need never be. Youth should remain youth, age is just a postponement—it need never come. The government is planning to educate 10,000 additional doctors to take care of the diseases for which we already have the natural cure. Why not attack the water problem, and prevent the host of diseases, without the need of additional doctors—who will die of the same diseases they attempt to cure. There is no need to have a heart so corroded with calcium deposits that surgery becomes necessary!

What A Price To Pay
One morning two patients came to my office. One had a ruptured blood vessel due to hardening of the arteries. He also had polar cataracts. The other patient had a severe nosebleed which resulted in the loss of a pint of blood. When he arrived at the hospital the doctor diagnosed his condition as arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. Had his nosebleed not relieved his pressure, it could have resulted in a stroke. Both patients lived on a farm, drank water excessively from hard water wells. Is it worth the price?

What Lies In Store For Us?
Could all these aging, crippling diseases have been avoided? What do we have to look forward to? Crippled joints and massive strokes? Do we want medical costs to wipe out our life savings? What lies in store for most of us?

The Rewards of Prevention
Now is the time to shout the truth from our mountain tops. It's time for the press, radio and television to splash this possible secret to longevity on their front pages, through the air and on our television screens. Let every man, woman and child become alerted to one of the greatest discoveries of mankind. Let our medical schools and practitioners turn their attention to preven-

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tion. Vital organs are not meant to be removed, but to function! Prevention, not drugs, is the answer to our aging problems.

Water Is Deceiving
What is in a sparkling glass of water may look pure, taste pure, smell pure, but you will still have to drink it at your own risk.

Here are pertinent suggestions:

1. The water must flow from the purest possible source. Adequate safeguards must prevent pollution of this source.
2. Frequent surveys must be made to detect potential health hazards.
3. An enforceable system of rules and regulations must prevent development of health hazards.
4. Proper safeguards must protect water quality from source to house.
5. Only qualified personnel may operate the water supply system.
6. The water source must have enough reserve to meet peak demands.
7. Bacterial monitoring must be continuous.
8. Only specified, scientific tests may determine water quality.
9. Water with bacterial levels above precisely stated limits must be considered unsafe for public consumption.

Consider, for example, Cleveland, which dropped thousands of pounds of nitrates and phosphates into Lake Erie, part of its metabolism. These wastes originated from homes, hotels, laundromats and offices. These wastes included, among other things, phenol, iron, zinc, sulfuric acids, ammonia, and hydrofluoric acid (which incidentally eats through glass). All this created complicated drinking water problems for Cleveland. And for most industrial cities.

It's Time To Become Alarmed
We do not know from day to day just what pollutions may exist in our own water. There is, however, one way to be sure, and that is to distill your own water. You are then sure that you will get the purest water possible.

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A Twin Cities Problem
I remember reading about a Coon Rapids, Minnesota, housewife who telephoned the state health department to report that water from her home well had a peculiar "foam" on it. That was the first sign of a problem that later became one of concern to several million people in the Twin Cities area.

The "foam" came from surfactants, the active ingredient in detergents. Surfactants do not occur in nature. Thus, when they are found in an underwater supply, their origin can be traced directly to sewage discharge.

Nitrates become hazardous to formula-fed infants. Boiling water does not make the water safer, it only increases the concentration of the nitrates.

Nitrates—A Nebraska Problem
Nitrates fed to our Nebraska soils—to increase our food supply along the Platte Valley—have become a health hazard to the longest-lived people in the nation. Since the water table is high, nitrates filter into the water supply for drinking purposes. Since 10 parts per million can be fatal to a newborn child, it is time to become concerned. Our luscious valley, with its tall, waving corn, is rapidly becoming a death trap.

Today, mankind has destroyed our soils, our water and our air. The lure for wealth has overshadowed our gift of life. Through our soils we have opened the doorway to hosts of new insects and plant diseases. Through our contaminated waters we are killing our wildlife and our babies in their cribs. The air is unfit to breathe. Life today is not living. It is merely existing. Where will it all end? Is it a problem for one of us, or all of us?

"If our soils are sick, our plants are sick. If our plants are sick, our animals are sick and if our animals are sick, we humans become sick," says Paul Brinkman.

Behind The Curtain
Americans during any year eat millions of pounds of beef from cattle that had "cancer eye," or similar tumorous disorders. Thousands of cattle carcasses checked by federal inspectors are held in meat plants until tumorous parts are whittled out. The remainder of the meat is put on the market.

Millions of cattle carcasses are detained briefly in meat plants while parts are cut out because of other diseases and injuries

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ranging from adhesions to tuberculosis. The rest is just "fine" for consumption.

In the meantime, federal regulations continue to permit meat processors to carve out infected or damaged portions of animals, condemn the cancerous parts of cattle, and sell the rest of the meat on the market.

Since the meat processors do not want to lose their profits, they would much rather feed this cancer-ridden meat to the unsuspecting public as "U.S. Choice."

Eco-Agriculture
I am happy to report that a new form of clean agriculture is gaining a toehold in the United States. It is being called eco-agriculture by the publisher of Acres U.S.A., a journal that layman and farmer alike ought to read, and it relies on scientific principles as well as the practical experience of organic growers.

Science has proved that plants with balanced hormone and enzyme systems provide their own protection against insect and fungal crop destroyers. The seat of this balance is soil fertility, starting with a pH managed by keeping calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium in proper equilibrium. The trace minerals also figure since they are keys to proper functioning of plant enzymes.

The full package known as eco-agriculture can and does produce more abundant bins and bushels, and does it while improving nutrient quality in food for animal and human consumption. What a boon to agriculture and to the health of our nation.

The people of Hunza do not use toxic chemicals. They grow from two to three crops per year. There are no insects or diseases. Why not channel our research and educational dollars where they will do some good?

The Wheel Of Health
We live by the law of transformation. Transformation from the soil to the plant, from the plant to the animal or human, then back to the soil again, forming an everlasting cycle of health. The dust of the earth then becomes the cells in our bodies. We live by the law of interdependence. No soul or body is an island by itself. It is a part of something else - always.

Therefore, we must first consider the soil, which is the mother of us all. We must become concerned about the air above us, from which we cling to the "breath of life." The water around us must

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be pure and free of all inorganic minerals and chemicals. Every cell in our bodies must be bathed in the purest water. Life is purity. We cannot live by "bread alone." Air, water and sunshine are responsible for life and growth. Each of these gives something to the other.

Paul Brinkman, a former president of Queen Ann School of Cosmetology, so ably expressed himself in these words: "Water cannot be destroyed, but it can be made sick! Man with his additives has defiled the laws of God. You can always expect something unnatural whenever you violate something natural."

Mr. Brinkman became interested in distilled water especially since he was concerned about his diabetic condition. Imagine his surprise when he checked out sugar free. It likewise surprised his doctor. According to any edition of Merck's Manual, the exact cause of diabetes is not known. The cause lies in the inadequate production of insulin by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans. The cells are alive; it is just that they do not function. My inspiring teacher, Dr. Landone, stated that the mineral deposits enclose the cells with a mineral film so they are unable to function. I am inclined to believe his conclusions because there has to be a cause. Whether distilled water will cure diabetes is not for me to say. It is not within my field to diagnose; however, with the knowledge derived from my study of distilled water, I feel quite emphatic about its merits.

There is much to learn about water. I have merely touched on a few pertinent facts of water in its relations to vibrant health and longevity. The facts I gathered have proved themselves to me. When men can live to the age of 120, I become alert! There has to be some cause. I am convinced that the inorganic minerals and chemicals in water become a hazard to every man, woman and child. The body must be free of sludge to operate efficiently. The eliminating organs cannot expel all the deposits, so nature does the next best thing and tucks them wherever she can. Since water is the greatest solvent known, it becomes the best agent to carry out that which is brought in.

The test is very simple. Place a mirror or glass under a dripping faucet. Let it dry, and observe the water spots. Then place this glass in distilled water. The distilled water will dissolve the water spots. This is what the whole story is about, this is the cause of all our aging diseases. Dr. Landone cured his heart condition. Captain Diamond cured his arthritis and lived to the splendid age of 120 years. Could distilled water be the answer? If

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it is, how different living in this world could be. Since we live but once, therefore, should we not live wisely? The choice is clear, it is now up to you.

Disease does not exist without cause. It begins where cause begins and persists where cause persists. Chronic disease means chronic provocation. Cure cannot take place until the cause of disease is removed. Symptoms may subside or be palliated and suppressed; a crisis may pass, but disease persists so long as cause is ignored or unrecognized.

Let us now answer the many questions that may arise:

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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During my years in optometric practice, many of my patients have asked me the following questions. Naturally, I am not a medical practitioner, neither is it in our code of ethics to diagnose. As a profession, we draw a strict line between observing and referring. Therefore, I shall quote medical authorities, along with some of my observations. I only ask that you accept that which you believe, and disregard that which you disbelieve. The questions will all relate to "hard water'' and its relation to our aging diseases.

Q. In regard to your visit to Hunza, in your opinion, what was their main secret of longevity?
A. There is no secret to longevity. However, I did observe the following. They ate most of their fruits and vegetables raw and raised them on organic soil. Fruits and vegetables are about 90% natural water of exceptionally high purity. Along with that, they drank glacier water which is very low in inorganic minerals. Wine was their main beverage, which again is comprised of natural water of very high purity. So their percentage of distilled water quality was 90% greater than ours. I consider this an important secret which I nearly missed.

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Q. Do you advocate raw fruits and raw vegetables?
A. Indeed I do. A live body should have a live food! Plant a carrot and it will grow. Cook a carrot, then plant it. It will not grow, because its life's principle has been destroyed. Place cancer cells in a cooked media and they will proliferate. Now place the cancer cells in a raw matter and they will disappear! This astounding fact is known to the Cancer Society, but the public was never informed. By all means, get a good vegetable juicer. Through trial and effort I located a tremendous juicer, it answered my needs for a lifetime!

Q. Will distilled water cure arthritis?
A. According to medical science, there is no sure cure for arthritis. Arthritis is partially caused by mineral deposits in the joints. X-rays will show the mineral deposits very clearly. These deposits crystalize to irritate the joints as they move, causing severe pain and swelling. Since the average person drinks up to 450 glasses of mineral solids found in hard water during a life span, it is logical to assume that these inorganic minerals were slowly deposited in the joints through the years, causing the arthritis. Distilled water, in turn, dissolves these mineral deposits. Several years ago, I, too, was arthritic. At the age of 70, I could still kick as high as my head. It feels wonderful to be agile, and painless.

Paavo 0. Airola, N.D., in one of his early books, states: "There is a cure for arthritis." He reports the case in a Swedish clinic; "Albin Vistrand, a Swedish farmer, was so crippled by arthritis he could hardly move his arms and legs. Twelve years of treatment with prosthetic devices, drugs and X-rays had availed nothing. Yet, after only one month at the Brandais Clinic, his pain vanished, his limbs regained mobility and he went home to work on his farm — completely cured."

Q. What was their method of cure?
A. Live fruit and vegetable juices, fasts and warm baths with gentle massage. Again, your live juices are distilled water. The principal point to remember is that hard water carries inorganic minerals into our bodies, whereas distilled water carries them out. You must reverse this process. It's that simple.

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Q. What is your opinion of Dr. Jarvis and his honey and vinegar treatment for arthritis?
A. It's wonderful. Only he should have suggested distilled water instead of hard water. Apple cider vinegar is a tremendous solvent. Along with distilled water, you have an unbeatable team. Add a tablespoon or two of raw apple cider vinegar [procured at specialty food stores] to a gallon of distilled water to give it flavor and you have a drink fit for the gods. Vinegar removes water spots from the windows, which proves what an excellent solvent it is. As to honey, it is predigested natural sweet. It will lessen your craving for synthetic sweets. Incidentally, raw honey is most excellent for allergies. Dr. W. Peterson, Ada, Oklahoma, said that raw honey is an effective cure for 90% of all allergies, providing this raw honey is obtained within a ten-mile radius. The above fact is most important! Dr. Peterson had 22,000 patients across the nation who were using raw honey. Only raw honey is of any value. Raw honey is available through local beekeepers, health food stores, or at some supermarkets. If it sugars, it's raw honey. Now, you can say "good-bye" to your allergies!

Q. I have hardening of the arteries. Is there a cure for it?
A. Medical science would give a qualified "no." They classify it as an "aging" disease. Arteries are invisible to X-rays unless there are mineral deposits along the artery walls. They then show up very clearly. This proves one point, that mineral deposits do occur along the artery walls. That is the reason they "harden." Also, this is another reason why they lose their elasticity and rupture after a sudden exertion. Could it be if we switched to distilled water at an early age, this dreaded condition would never exist? Captain Diamond thought so, and lived to the biblical age of 120 years. A close friend of mine hoped to have a coronary artery transplant. When the surgeon examined his coronary artery, he found it [in his words] "hard as cement." There was no way to attach an elastic artery to a "cemented" artery. Could distilled water during his younger years have avoided this? Dr. Landone's experience says "yes."

Q. Does hard water affect everyone alike?

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A. Definitely not! Of the 106 different chemicals and minerals found in water, each person may become acceptable to one or more, or a combination of them. Mineral deposits settled in different parts of the body, causing different symptoms. If mineral deposits film the intestinal walls, it could result in constipation. If they clog the screening system of the kidneys, it could result in a kidney transplant or kidney stones. If they corrode the heart chambers or valves, a transplant could be necessary. Water rushing swiftly through a pipe can still corrode the pipe. Speed makes no difference. A glass of water may look clear and sparkling, but spill it on a mirror, let it dry, and film remains!

Q. How do you determine hardening of the arteries?
A. How does the physician determine when a person has hardening of the arteries? The retinal vessels are seen by looking into the eye with an opthalmoscope. Arteriosclerotic vessels are corkscrew in appearance. Whenever a hardened artery crosses a soft vein, the latter appears to be indented or nicked. A diagnosis of arteriosclerosis can be made in this situation. X-rays of the chest, abdomen, or extremities offer reliable evidence. Thickened and tortuous vessels are demonstrated on the film when there is calcium in the walls. The physician assumes that arteriosclerosis exists in older people and most of us probably have a patch here or there. Traces have been found in postmortem examinations on infants and teenagers. Calcium deposits do exist within our artery walls. "Most heart attacks stem from blockage of an arteriosclerotic coronary artery. This is true especially of persons suffering an attack of coronary thrombosis. These symptoms are direct evidence that the condition exists. We do know that the coronary arteries are most susceptible to the hardening process. As a result, they may be involved long before those of the brain, eyes, kidneys or limbs."

Q. Does lecithin have any merits?
A. Lecithin is a fatty acid found in animal tissues, especially nerve tissue, semen, yolk of egg, and in small amounts in bile and blood. Lecithin is said to have been given in rickets, dyspepsia, neurasthenia, diabetes, anemia and tuberculosis, according to a standard Medical Dictionary. Lecithin also acts as a solvent for gall stones. It would then be wise to combine lecithin with distilled water for greater effect.

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Lecithin can be purchased in capsule form from most natural food stores. This is a good preventative before gall stones form. It is then important that you remain under doctor's care to avoid any blockage. Your doctor is a very important consultant for your health problems.

Q. Surely tested city water ought to be good to drink!
A. Grand Island, Nebraska had a severe water problem when I was an area practitioner. When a local meat packing plant was closed down, due to staining of meat by iron and manganese, the seriousness of the problem was brought to the attention of the city. The cry then arose, "What will this water do to children and adults?" The cost of a 50 megawatt steam generating unit was about $17,572,937 at the time. What a price to pay to remove the minerals from their drinking water. How much better to have a home distilling unit now.

Q. Is fluoridation healthful or harmful?
A. Dr. Robert Mick of Laurel Springs, New Jersey, has offered $100,000 to anyone who could prove fluoridation is healthful! At first an ardent believer of fluoridation, he began experimenting with animals. As a result, he learned that bones, teeth, kidneys, livers and spleens had accumulated up to 500% more fluoride than controlled animals. Cripples were bom to the third generation! His reward has never been challenged. Dr. E. H. Bronner, Escondido, California, a nephew of Albert Einstein, offered $100,000 to anyone who could prove that fluoridation was beneficial to humans. Fluoridation not only hardens teeth, it also hardens the arteries and brain, and the same compound is used as a rat poison. An estimated 88 million pounds of rat poison shipped to our water systems for human consumption are not colored blue or marked poison. Only fluoride which goes to exterminators must be colored blue, or the supplier goes to prison. Fluoridation of public drinking water is criminally intolerant, utterly unscientific, and chemical warfare. Thank heavens, distilling water will remove these deadly fluorides!

Q. What are some of the fringe benefits of distilled water?
A. Tea has more flavor. Coffee requires one-third less granules. Ice cubes are crystal clear, foods digest much better and vitamins assimilate easier and become more effective. The

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body derives more nutrients out of foods and the corpuscles carry greater loads of oxygen, so important to cell life. Foods keep much better and longer [On soft water cattle produce 20% more milk and cream on 20% less fodder, and the milk tastes much sweeter, with less bacteria. This is based on Emmett Culligan's research.]

Q. What does distilled water do for emphysema?
A. According to Merck's Manual, it is very difficult to diagnose all forms of emphysema. In all cases corpuscles cannot come to the surface of the lungs to discharge carbon dioxide and to return with oxygen. Even children have patches of mineral deposits somewhere in their tissues. Dr. Brown Landone, stated that often mineral deposits surround cells and imprison them so they cannot function. X-rays show such deposits along our joints, and along artery walls. Perhaps such patches, accentuated by heavy smoking, could so seal the surface of the lungs that a condition of emphysema could exist. The condition could be much like spraying kerosene over a stagnant pond to keep the larvae from coming to the surface. The theory advanced by Dr. Landone is that inorganic minerals do form somewhere in our bodies. In Dr. Landone's case, the minerals deposited formed themselves in his heart valves. After drinking distilled water for several years, his heart was perfect. He lived to the age of 98. Whether this applies to emphysema is not for me to say. Many readers have written to me about its merits. Since Dr. Landone lived to the age of 98, I had better lean in his direction.

Q. What effect does distilled water have on cancer?
A. Again, according to Dr. Landone, "Hard water seals each cell with a film, so oxygen cannot reach the imprisoned cells. Nature then develops new cells which thrive on less oxygen. These cells are called cancer cells. Distilled water often frees the imprisoned cells and allows the oxygen to reach the cells." Does it not seem logical that a lifetime intake of distilled water could possibly have very beneficial effects?

Q. What can distilled water do for obesity?
A. Dr. Landone stated emphatically that anyone drinking distilled water exclusively would eventually return to normal

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weight. The reason: hard water film imprisons the cells so tissues become water-logged. Retention of fluid is the chief cause of obesity. Distilled water again breaks the cell barrier and the body weight returns to normal. Dr. Landone kept his weight perfect throughout his 98 years. Weight watchers will lose weight, regardless of present diet, if they will include from four to six glasses of distilled water a half hour before each meal. It works wonders. Why not try it!

Q. How can I drink distilled water on my coffee break?
A. I had this same problem, but solved it quite simply. I have distilled water in my office. Before I go out on my coffee break, I drink several glasses of distilled water. I then order a cup of coffee, and sip a little off the top. Coffee breaks are for conversation and a change in routine. On a trip, I carry several bottles of distilled water with me. If I go on longer trips, I pack my portable electric still, and have my own water from any tap. When I traveled in foreign countries under the sponsorship of Art Linkletter, I contracted dysentery so badly I was disabled for several months. Finally, Campbell's tomato soup cured my dysentery. My water still could have prevented this. What a boon for world travelers! Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings. We often wonder why streams are so bitter, when we ourselves have poisoned the fountain.

Q. What was Connie Mack's secret?
A. Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia A's for nearly 30 years, reputedly would not allow his players to drink hard water under any circumstances. He would not accept any contract unless he could furnish his men with distilled water, and on some occasions, low-mineral mountain water. Distilled water kept his players free from constipation and in perfect health. Seldom did his pitchers have sore shoulders due to hard water mineral deposits in their joints. If your aspiring pitchers consider the big leagues as a career, let them remember Connie Mack's secret. Connie, too, kept his perfect health to the age of 90.

Q. Do babies need distilled water?
A. Indeed they do! Many doctors insist on it. Babies are born free from pollutants, and small amounts of pollutants to an

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unadapted baby can be serious. Their formulas should include distilled water. Prickly heat or rash are caused by hard water deposits left on diapers and clothing. Often small amounts of nitrates can be fatal to a newborn child.

Q. What will distilled water do for my complexion and scalp?
A. I recall a large house-to-house cosmetic company that went broke. Their amazing success was due to one simple product: perfumed distilled water. A cotton ball was saturated with this preparation to clean the pores. The patrons were so excited about this preparation, they asked what was in it. As soon as they discovered the truth, they made their own. Hard water will seal the pores, much as it spots windows. These spots are visible under black light. No wonder we have so many skin infections, pimples and other eruptions!