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INTRODUCTION
Only nature can perform the complete life process— the transformation of inorganic substances from out of the earth into organic plants and their eventual consumption by animals and human beings. Unfortunately, "civilization" has, through many generations contributed to the development of today's average man, whose vital chemistry frequently is denatured, deficient and unbalanced. This "feat" modern man has accomplished to a large degree by overcooking the natural food elements in his diet and eating the denatured, devitalized results. This is something that is not to be found in lower creatures regardless of what one element they may eat, for they eat as nature provides.
To revitalize the chemistry of the body, vitally perfect foods will have to be consumed. As the natural properties of foods change through cooking or chemical processes, and the use of heat beyond body temperature destroys food values completely, the process must and should be discarded. My recipes for food—both cold and hot (or, rather, warm)—are rich in true vitamins and their use will give you a body, consistently well, disease-resistant, and therefore beautiful. It will be capable of healing and rebuilding itself and will remain youthfully active throughout its entire life span.
The principal law of life, that LIFE SUSTAINS LIFE, whether in the vegetable or animal kingdom, is strictly adhered to in all of my recipes. The first and most im-
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