Acknowledgments 7
Foreword 9
Introduction 13
Part I. Health Is Your Birthright
1. How I Got Here from There 23
2. The Clean Machine 50
3. What's in a Word? 59
4. The Seven Stages of Disease 73
5. Your Very Best Friend 95
6. Keeping Abreast 119
7. Health in Action 154
8. Too Fat or Not Too Fat 177
9. Exercise 206
Part II. The CARE Program
10. An Introduction to CARE 223
11. The First Principle: Periodic Monodieting 233
12. The Second Principle: The Gradual Reduction of Animal Products 264
13. The Third Principle: The Mind Matters 278
14. You Have a Choice 302
End Notes 307
Appendix I The Magic of Water 331
Appendix II The Fountain of Youth? 352
Appendix III Supplements with a Body of Light 364
For Your Information 393
Index 399