Arnold Ehret - Prof. Arnold Ehret’s Thus Speaketh the Stomach and the Tragedy of Nutrition: Introduced and Edited by Prof. Spira

THUS SPEAKETH THE STOMACH

AND

THE TRAGEDY OF NUTRITION

By Prof. Arnold Ehret (1866-1922)

Introduced and Edited by Prof. Spira

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2nd Edition 2014

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Professor Arnold Ehret was a German healer, dietitian, philosopher, teacher, visionary, and one of the first people to advocate fasting and a plant-based, vegan, mucus-free lifestyle as a therapy for healing. For over 100 years, his written works and teachings have touched the lives of thousands of health seekers pursuing higher levels of vitality. He was also a cultural icon who had a great influence on the "Back-to-Nature" counter-cultural movement which first emerged in Victorian Era Europe, and then migrated to Southern California in the early 1900s. The movement fundamentally influenced the hippie counter-culture of the 1960s.

In the early 1900s, Ehret opened a hugely popular sanitarium in Ascona, Switzerland where he treated and cured thousands of patients considered incurable by the so-called "medical authorities." During the latter part of the decade, Ehret engaged in a series of fasts monitored by German and Swiss officials. Within a period of 14 months, Ehret completed a fast of 21 days, one of 24 days, one of 32 days, and one of 49 days. He became one of the most in-demand health lecturers, journalists, and educators in Europe as he saved the lives of thousands of people.

On June 27, 1914, just before World War I, Ehret left from Bremen for the United States to see the Panama Exposition and sample the fruits of the continent. He found his way to California, which was viewed as an "Eden of the West." The region was also undergoing a horticultural renaissance due to botanists like Luther Burbank, which greatly interested Ehret. The war prevented him from returning to Germany and he settled in Mount Washington where he prepared his manuscripts and diplomas in his cultivated eating gardens. With the help of Fred Hirsch, he founded Ehret Literature and began to publish his masterful works.

Today, Ehret's works are increasing in popularity as people learn of the healing power of plant-based, vegan, and raw-food diets. Overall, Ehret believes that pus- and mucus-forming foods are unnatural for humans to eat. He asserts that a diet of fruits and green, leafy vegetables, i.e., mucus-free foods, are the most healing and powerful foods for humans. The world needs Ehret's work now more than ever. In an era where people consume genetically modified, mucus-forming frankenfoods daily, the simplicity and truthfulness of Ehret's teachings can transform humanity for the better.

If your intestines could talk, what would they say? What if you could understand health through the perspective of your stomach? In this unprecedented work, Arnold Ehret first gives voice to the stomach and then reveals the foundation of human illness. In this version, minor edits have been made to correct existing errors and outdated gendered syntax.

Prof. Spira (2013)

Forward

We read in the Bible, Genesis 1:29: "I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the earthand every tree in which is the fruit yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." You will note that the word "meat" is used to denote human's "food"; not the carcass of dead animals! Arnold Ehret was a student and follower of Nature's lawsin communion with GOD! The Ehret teachings have their foundation in TRUTHbut until they are "demonstrated," the average individual cannot grasp their significance and consequentlynot until thendo they prove acceptable to the great majority!

Arnold Ehret described and denounced superstition and ignorance; but like similar teachings of great men, his teachings have been grossly misunderstood by the average individual and unjustly criticized by many health teachers. It has now been well over 70 years that his voice was first heard vainly sounding a note of warning, desperately hoping to dispel the colossal ignorance of the average uninformed individual concerning Natural laws! His teachings have opened many new avenues of healing, and his wonderful philosophy and knowledge offered to those willing to accept bring thousands of new converts each year, from every part of the globe!

Ehret taught that the mind governs all organic action of the physical body instinctively, and we therefore find humankind gradually evolving from the primitive stage to a higher intellectual plane. The physical and mental welfare of millions of individuals living today are desperately searching for a truthful presentation of this knowledge found only in Prof. Arnold Ehret's message and it is therefore eagerly awaited by an expectant world! Is it asking too much that you lay aside preconceived ideas, opinions, or prejudices and read the Ehret articles with an open mind, particularly his article "Tragedy of Nutrition." Hopefully the truth will eventually dawn upon you, possibly months after readingfor some portion may have indelibly stamped an imprint on your mindand intuitively proven its correctness!

There is no "mystery" connected with Ehret's "Mucusless Diet" theorythough it differs almost entirely from other "healing systems," especially his lucid explanations. Ehret practiced no deception; his statements are easily understood because of their outstanding "simplicity" of expression. He continually informs the student, "whatsoever is not simpleeasily understoodis 'false' and therefore not the truth!"

Fundamentally, Ehret's teachings of his philosophy are basically the love of NATURE itselflove of all outdoors! The love of flowers and trees, the love of all of the birds and animals! Ehret loved the sunshine and the rain, the cold and the warmth, the bright days and the cloudy days. And he sincerely taught that we must feel justly proud of our own physical bodies, CLEAN both internally and externally!

Our "love" of birds and four-legged animals instinctively warns that we must not harm these fellow creaturesand never kill them for our food! Mother Nature has abundantly supplied us with quantities of delicious, nutritious fruits and vegetables on which we thrive! With a clean bloodstream coursing through our bodies, any thought of cannibalism becomes obnoxious.