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CHAPTER ONEThe Declaration of Health Independence .............................. Page 1

CHAPTER TWOThe Fastest Way to Start Your Own Health Revolution ..........3

CHAPTER THREEMore on Energy Enhancer #8 • Regular Exercise .................. Page 39

CHAPTER FOURMore on Energy Enhancers #9 & #10 •Emotional Balance & Nurturing Relationships ...................... Page 71

CHAPTER FIVEMore on Energy Enhancer #5 • The Ideal Diet ...................... Page 103

CHAPTER SIXThe Ideal Diet VS The Standard American Diet .................... Page 129

CHAPTER SEVENHow to Reach Your Revolutionist’s Ideal Weight ...................Page 155

CHAPTER EIGHTThe Victory Kitchen .............................................................Page 175

CHAPTER NINEThe Year in Live-Food Menus ............................................... Page 193

CHAPTER TENRecipes for The Revolution .................................................. Page 251

CHAPTER ELEVENThe Year in Live-Food Holiday Menus ................................... Page 281

CHAPTER TWELVEThe Health Seeker’s Heritage ............................................... Page 303

CHAPTER THIRTEENThe Year in “Ideal Food for Thought”.................................... Page 343

CHAPTER FOURTEENA Common Sense SourceBook for Health Revolutionists ...... Page 391

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The Health Seekers’ YearBookA Revolutionist’s HandBook

for Getting Well & Staying Well without The Medicine Men


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If a book becomes very special to a reader, heor she always wants to know how the book wasborn and how it grew to completion. I am sure thatafter reading this handbook for Natural Hygiene,those who always skip openings will want to goback to the front and read this “Foreword.” Sub-titled “A Revolutionist’s HandBook for Getting Well& Staying Well without The Medicine Men,”Victoria’s new book is so valuable because it hasthe power to inflame in the mind and heart of thereader a desire to seek Superlative Health inAmerican Society today. She teaches you exactlywhat “The Medical Mentality” is and how to “de-clare your own Health Independence.” Once youlearn of the evils of “The Medical Mentality,”Victoria makes it clear exactly what you must do totake up “self-responsibility” for your health. Indoing so, you will ultimately reach a level of healthgreater than you ever thought possible! The bookexplains all the “why’s” and “wherefore’s” of Natu-ral Hygiene, and it is presented in such a clear andconcise and colorful format that Hygiene can only behailed today as — “The Superlative, AlternativeHealth Care System Whose Time Has Finally Come!”

Just what is this thing or system called“Natural Hygiene”? Natural Hygiene is a branch ofbiology which studies the needs of the humanorganism. If one supplies these needs — be theyphysical, physiological, or emotional — then vibranthealth (barring accidents) is the natural outcome. Bysupplying all The Conditions of Health, one may behealthy. On the other hand, if one supplies theconditions for disease, one will become diseased. Ifyou have ever grown plants, you realize that theyrequire more or less sunshine, according to the typeof plant, and a special type of soil, along with air

and water. Nurtured with these essentials, the plantwill flourish. So it is with Natural Hygiene. That is,Natural Hygiene is a system of mind/body care: itis a way of life based on physiological needs. Wecan be healthy or sick — simply by the way wechoose to live. It is our choice.

I first met Victoria BidWell in 1976 when shecame to fast under my care for weight loss. The fasthelped a beautiful woman slip out of a fat body. Shewas enthralled with the power of Hygiene to saveothers from senseless suffering. She soon enteredchiropractic college with the idea of becoming anHygienic doctor, teacher, and promoter. After that,we lost contact with each other for years. Recently, Ihad heard about what Victoria was doing but neversaw much of her — until one day she called me,asking for an appointment to see me about “a book.”She wanted help over some rough spots in its techni-cal phases. As we spent the afternoon together,taking sentences apart, deleting some and addingsome for clarification, and correcting errors, shesuddenly asked, “Would you be so kind as to write‘The Foreword’ when I get the book ready? Only if itmeets with your approval, of course.” I thoughtabout it or awhile and answered, “Well, when youfinish the book, bring it to me. We will see.”

A year later, Victoria returned. We read partsof the book together, parts she thought were in needof revision. I was immediately impressed with theinclusion of a long chapter called “The Year in IdealFood for Thought,” which was made up of pertinentquotes by prominent Hygienists, to be read dailywith the daily menus for the entire year! Truly, thiswas a “yearbook” in every sense of the term!Victoria has provided us with food for the body andfood for the mind. No Hygienic writers had ever

“You could get yourself shot for what you wrote in this book!” I warned Victoria whenshe called me to inquire how far along I was with the editing. The truths she had revealed about“The Disease Industrialists” and “The Great American Health Revolution” shocked even me!In equating “The American Health Revolution of the 1990s” with The American Social andPolitical Revolution of 1776, Victoria writes “The Declaration of Health Independence” for“The Suffering Class of America” and for “Health Seekers Everywhere.” It is strong stuff. I amused to the captious criticism of the exploits of big business and of the medical profession’spractices by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton — but Victoria’s exposé seemed as strong, if not stronger!When she called me to ask how the editing was going, I could not help but blurt out my thoughts.

The Foreword to The Health Seekers’ YearBook


thought of doing that before! Her handbook ap-peared during these few hours of casual viewing tobe a great idea! It excited me to think that such ahandbook would soon be available to help guidepeople as they become Genuine Hygienists!

Upon closer examination, however, I foundThe Health Seekers’ YearBook did not meet my stan-dards. The YearBook was better than any Hygienehandbook I had ever seen, but it just did not come upto Hygienic accuracy throughout. “It needs work,” Itold her. “I can’t condone a book or write a ‘Fore-word’ to a book if I know that it has error in it.” Ithen offered to edit the book. I was already busyworking on my own manuscript. But since this bookheld so much merit, I put my work aside to helpVictoria. I slowly worked my way through ARevolutionist’s HandBook, in its photocopy form,correcting page by page. I revised it, keeping thephysiology and pathology as correct as possible,using the simplified terms, definitions, and descrip-tions as Victoria desired. Today, The Health Seekers’YearBook is as close to being physiologically correct aspossible under the circumstances. We must take intoconsideration the fact that you lose some of thepreciseness when the exacting, technical descriptionsof body processes are simplified for ease of reading.You can always go to Dr. Guyton’s physiologytextbook or enroll in physiology courses, if you needfull specificity.

Over the next 12 months, we edited theentire YearBook, even the pages previously edited.Today, The Health Seekers’ YearBook — ARevolutionist’s HandBook for Getting Well &Staying Well without The Medicine Men — rates myfull endorsement for Hygienic accuracy and hon-esty throughout. It is written in a joyful, powerfulstyle. It is very readable writing, interspersed withmany humorous, and sometimes dolorous, butalways truthful pictures of the results of The AverageAmerican Life contrasted with The Hygienic.

Any of you who know Victoria realize thatshe is A True Revolutionist for the most fit, mosthealthy of all Americas possible, as well as a RabbleRouser for Real Hygiene! In light of recent materialspublished under the banner of... “This is NaturalHygiene!” — Victoria was inspired to present acomplete and comprehensive handbook that pre-sented... “The Full Hygienic Truth and Nothing butThe Full Hygienic Truth” ...to The AmericanPeople. By accepting the challenge to so present TheTruth, The Health Seekers’ YearBook was born.

Victoria’s presentation of The Hygienic-Whole-Raw-Plant Diet is just one feature that setsthis book apart from all others: she refuses to com-

promise Natural Hygiene in dietetic theory or prac-tice. It is her belief that Americans are ready to bemost fit for life and that an uncompromised versionof The Hygienic-Whole-Raw-Plant Diet is... “A Wayof American Eating Whose Time Has Come!” She,therefore, refuses all which is utterly unHygienic. Sherefuses all flesh-based recipes. She refuses all dairyproducts. She refuses all processed condiments. Sherefuses all salt and pepper. She refuses all strongherbs and hot spices. She refuses all eggs; cookingalcohol; baking soda and powder; and refined grains,oils, and sugars. Perhaps most praiseworthy — sherefuses to make hers a “cookbook.” Out of nearly 600menus and recipes, only a mere handful of 30 cookedrecipes are offered to ease you off conventionaleating.

Those of you who have already tried to eatHygienically, that is, plant foods in their uncut anduncooked state, exclusively — realize how difficult itis in the beginning, while you are still longing foryour favorite taste treat. We have our own condition-ing to fight with, plus that of our family and friendswho pull us back to The Standard American Diet(SAD). It is relatively easy for most people to beginexercising, to get outdoors into the fresh air andsunshine — but when it comes to food cravings,watch out! This is why Victoria had devoted 6 chap-ters to diet. She begins by presenting the benefits ofeating according to our biological endowments andthe beautiful effect on our health if we so persist.Then, in detail, she contrasts “The Benefits of TheIdeal Diet” with “The Health Hazards of The SADDiet.” Additionally, she not only provides you withencouragement you need to commence The IdealDiet, she supplies chapters full of delightful meals soattractive and enticing that you will want to stay onThe Wagon. These eye-appealing, mouth-wateringmeal ideas successfully compete with the conven-tional mode of eating! WHAT A BREAKTHROUGH!

Miss BidWell is honest with her menus. Sheinforms her readers that The Ideal Diet must bevegetables, nuts, and seeds. These are to be servedwhole — not cut up or fragmented, not sliced, diced,chopped, minced, juiced, or blended. And they are tobe chosen exclusively from the plant kingdom only,excluding all animal foods without exception. This isTrue Natural Hygiene. She then goes on to define“True Transition Menus and Recipes” and shows youhow different they are from The SAD Diet in all itshighly toxic variations, some of which have beenrecently and inaccurately labeled “Hygienic” and“Hygienic Transition.” We must always work towardperfection of our diets, even if we choose to use TrueTransition Foods and some manner of preparation.


Victoria is strong on effervescence, and she is A TrueHealth Crusader and Patriot. But she is still strug-gling to be A Perfect Hygienist. She still has manyconditioned reflexes which she has to eliminate andreplace with good ones. In the production of thisbook, she worked way into the morning hours:writing, making menus, researching, studying, doingthe graphics, and — in short — not getting enoughrest and sleep for five years. She still struggles withher weight, and she does not always get to exercise.Actually, she is no different from any of you outthere who decide to leave the conventional way oflife with all its so-called “good food” and “happytimes.” Most find it difficult to substitute the exciting,conventional way of life for what at first seems dulland lacking in flavor and fun. Because Victoria,herself, is going through this transition and becauseshe has searched out creative ways to make herselflive and eat Hygienically, you are reaping theenormous benefits through her teachings!

I have always been inspired by the wonderfulworld of Hygiene, itself. But after reading “ChapterTwelve — The Health Seekers’ Heritage” of MissBidWell’s YearBook, I was reimbued with enthusiasm!My determination was renewed to help educate themillions to fight for their own, personal HealthRevolutions! Victoria gives a year by year timelineaccounting of that with which the early Hygienistshad to contend in their efforts to spread NaturalHygiene, and she shows how willing they were towork hard to educate the public into more healthfulways. Fortunately, in that day and age of the 1880s,the populace was ready for a revolution. And a realrevolution they had! You will learn that at one timethere were more doctors using Hygiene than medica-tion! Hygienists owned and ran famous, huge sani-tariums, as large as modern day hospitals, to whichpeople flocked from all over the world to get wellunder Hygienic guidance.

Victoria was happy as an English teacher, butshe always felt she would someday be teachingsomething that would give her the fullest of satisfac-tion. In presenting accurate Hygiene for The Ameri-can People and Health Seekers Everywhere, she hasfound her calling. I am delighted that a former schoolteacher and a serious student of Natural Hygienecould put such a book together, and make it interest-ing, yet still teach The Full, Hygienic Truth! Perhaps,only a good teacher could do that. When you finishthis book, you will realize that Natural Hygiene is...“The Superlative, Alternative Health Care System,Whose Time Has Finally Come — Once Again!”

From the beginning to the end, Miss BidWellwrites with “The Pen of a Revolutionary Dramatist!”She captures you with her enthusiasm and fervor!And she takes you by the hand to help you throughsome very important definitions and basic principlesof Natural Hygiene. Being a yearbook, it is not toodetailed; yet it is detailed enough for you to learnthat Hygiene is not all diet. You will learn enoughabout “The Energy Enhancers” of Cleanliness, PureAir, Pure Water, Adequate Rest and Sleep, RightTemperatures, Sunbaths, and all other importantelements of Hygiene to feel confident in makinggreat changes in your health program the minute youfinish reading the very first chapter! You will come tofully appreciate “The Superlative Alternative.” Andyou will learn how to start your own Hygienicrevolution in your own home. Finally, you willdiscover it is not so difficult, after all, to leave yourold, disease-producing way of life below and step upinto the higher planes of health and happiness.

The Health Seekers’ YearBook is destined tobring great numbers of people straight into TheTruth of Natural Hygiene and to keep them there:eventually, it will lead them even further into acomplete, Hygienic lifestyle. If The YearBookreaders have accidents or become ill, they will haveenough knowledge to seek health by Hygienicmeans only. This book, placed in the hands ofmembers of The Suffering Class and its principlesconscientiously applied, could save countlessmillions from the miseries of disease and from“The Medicine Men” and their enervating andcostly treatments. So viewed, this Revolutionist’sHandBook is also a money-saver and a life-saver!

There are loads of other grand things in thisbook! If I told you about them all, you would have nosurprises. I would spoil the book for you. But before Ifinish, I must mention again the quotes from Hy-giene-minded pioneers in Chapter Thirteen’s “TheYear in Ideal Food for Thought.” The daily quotes arethought-provoking, succinct statements for each dayof the year, which — if you read one every morning— will inspire you and keep you thinking Hygieni-cally all day . With the help of this book, now youcan finally pull yourself out the dark, dank, dingydungeon wherein dwell members of The SufferingClass of America. Now you can rise up into theloving, radiant, sunny splendor of SuperlativeHealth! As Editor of The Health Seekers’ YearBook, Iwelcome you to join us in The Great GetWellAmerican Health Revival and Revolution through-out The 1990s and into The New Millennium!

Dr. Vivian Virginia Vetrano... Signed on July 4th, 1989

THE HEALTH SEEKERS’ YEARBOOKIS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST POW-ERFUL TOOL FOR THE INCIT-ING OF A REAL, UNIVERSALHEALTH REVOLUTIONSINCE DR. SHELTON’SLANDMARK BOOK... HU-MAN LIFE ! Not since then hasthere been a publication that literallyshouts from the housetops for ameaningful, National Health Revo-lution as does The YearBook! And,as if the incendiary contents werenot enough... the format, the quality,the appearance and perfectionisticprinting, the English-teacher-me-ticulousness, and over-all eye-ap-peal of The YearBook is State of TheArt! At present, I’m reading and study-ing this encyclopedic work. And oneof the most poignant and heart-retch-ing parts is the true story of Victoria’smother. I’m sure every household in Americahas seen someone die painfully, tragically, andn e e d -lessly — as her mother did. My question is... “How long mustthis go on?” Now — armed with The YearBook, we can fightback! We can openly... “Declare our Health Independence fromALL of The Disease Industrialists!” — just as Victoria so clearlyteaches us to do. Wm. Lloyd in North Carolina★★★★★★★★

Dear Victoria, The Health Seekers’ YearBook is so verywonderful! Of the 30 copies I have ordered, I have sent oneto everyone in my family and to my friends. And they all areenjoying their copies so! Margaret Porcellini in Missouri★★

AT LAST! ALL THE INFORMATION THEHEALTH SEEKER NEEDS IN ONE PLACE! Foryears, I had to search and collect so many publications, books,and magazines on Natural Hygiene to make my health better.Now, here is The Good News the ill person needs to “GetWell!”— ALL IN ONE SOURCE! When The YearBook arrived, I readtil far into the next morning. I knew it would be good when Iordered it. But this is really what we — who are on thepath — needed to convince others that we are not justcrackpots on the fringe! OH! That I had the resouces!I would stand on the street corners and give them awayfrom my red, white, and blue soapbox! I shipped all 12 inmy first order — except my personal one — off to my sickrelatives already. Please find enclosed a modest order for 12more copies! Health Revolutionist Paul DeVaux inCalifornia★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

The Health Seekers’ YearBook is worthits weight in gold! There is so much

value, help, information, and inspi-ration in this one volume that can

and will help people who want toimprove themselves, day-by-day! It istruly a work of art, a workbook for“The Do-It-Yourselfer,” and a beau-

tiful book to put on the living roomtable to be seen and read everyday!Thank You, Victoria, for your la-bor of live. It is now up to therest of us to get the word outby setting this book into thehands of every friend andloved one who will listen. Loisand Don Conklin in California★★★★★

Dearest Victoria, The HealthSeekers’ YearBook is the un-daunted product of the tremen-

dous love in your heart and soul!It is one of the most inspiring pieces of

literature I have ever had the pleasure to read! The sound ofHygienic Truth rings clear and true in every blessed page. Thebook moves me to tears, outrage, laughter, and joy — as eachpage teaches me more about The Glorious Gift of NaturalHygiene. I unabashedly recommend that every Ameri-can who wishes to live in the best possible health get acopy of The Health Seekers’ YearBook and contributein any way possible to help you continue to bring TheTruth of Natural Hygiene to a sick and sufferingAmerica and Planet. All My Love, Richard Del Nero in NewJersey ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

You were right. IT IS A GREAT BOOK and one that I willpore over and will return to again and again. It is evident that youhave experienced much of what you describe. You not onlyknow what you are writing about, but you also communicate itbeautifully. WHAT A WEALTH OF DATA! And what anenormous amount of work went into designing the attentiongetters, the type style of each subject, the graphics, the very fineillustrations, heady and pithy epithets, not to mention the conti-nuity and smooth flow of 1 subject to the next, the economy ofwords, and even your skill in fitting 1 subject to a single page!I especially appreciate your efforts to convey in an objective,controlled, and scholarly manner both sides of controversialissues; your orderly progression in discussing principles, yourorganization of subjects to express the relation of 1 concept tothe other — and much, much more. Dr. Dole in New York★★★

YearBook Praise Reports from The People!After waiting 5 years for its expansion from 111 pages to 468 in 1990, The People report...


Dear Victoria, Received The Health Seekers’ YearBook andyour little notes and gifts. This book was created with love andwill be nourished with the same. The intelligence and creativityin this book are unbelievably inspiring! You are a dynamiteleader and someday will be placed alongside of Dr. Shelton asa contemporary power and motivating force that has helpedchange not only the health care of America — but of the entireworld! I AM SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE YEAR-BOOK THAT I JUST CANNOT EXPRESS MYSELF!Lawrence Patrick in Texas★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

I find The Health Seekers’ YearBook so complete in all detailsthat all Life Science Students should add it to their course ofstudies. As a True Health Seeker, I am convinced thatthere is no better way for me to spend my money in thepromotion of better health among my loved ones thanin giving this book to them. James Carroll in Tennessee★★★

WHAT A HANDBOOK! From the front cover onward, MissBidWell helps you GetWell and SeeWell! SO COLORFUL —ILLUSTRATIVE — CONCISE — EDUCATING —THOUGH-PROVOKING — SIMPLE — EXCITING —CHALLENGING — USEFUL — REFRESHING!!! I couldgo on and on!!! The planning and succession of pages andchapters build on the sobriety of Natural Hygiene at its PUR-EST as “THE SUPERLATIVE ALTERNATIVE!” Theinside of the back cover finally culminates with that very themeas the medicine bag of “Dr. Sick” overflows with money whilethe UnMedicine Bag of “Dr. GetWell” overflows with fresh,ripe, glorious fruits and vegetables! I SAY: “GOD BLESSVICTORIA BIDWELL’S EFFORTS AND HER GREAT-EST ACCOMPLISHMENT YET! AMERICA! WAKE UP,AT LAST!” I am immediately ordering 40 more copies to showmy friends. Each gets a few days to decide if he wants to buy abrand-new one. Then it gets passed along its “GetWell★StayWellJourney!” Nick Ceraolo in New Jersey★★★★★★★★★★★★★

After 40 years as a medical doctor, I now realize I wastaught the wrong way to treat patients and that Natu-ral Hygiene — via The Health Seekers’ YearBook — isthe only way to go! Dr. John Powell in North Carolina★★★★

I’ve not seen a better, more inspiring book than The HealthSeekers’ YearBook! FABULOUS! MARVELOUS! WHEW!After dipping in here and there into other Hygienic literature, Ifinally came upon The YearBook. It has left me breathless andspeechless! ALL MY QUESTIONS ARE NOW AN-SWERED — IT’S THE BEST TOME SINCE THEBIBLE!!! I’m completely flabbergasted! Please send me 10more copies to pass along my way! Peg Liljigren in Washington

Thank You, Victoria, for your wonderful YearBook! Yourteachings are so logical! Our family and home life is much morehappy, joyful, and loving with your teachings; and since I turnedour kitchen into a “Real Victory Kitchen,” I am blessed to havethis information to pass on to our 2 girls — they are doing somuch better in school! The YearBook gets passed around like anewborn baby! How we perform as individuals will determinehow we perform as a Nation. I, for one, want to serve as a HealthRevolutionist and help ServeWell our Nation!!! FlorenceBernardy in Maryland★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Just a word of praise for your Health Seekers’ YearBook. IT’SGREAT!!! I’ve been on the Fit for Life Diet for the last3 years. But now, I have just discovered through yourYearBook that there is much more to “Pure NaturalHygiene!” Now I have your highly readable and enjoyablebook to keep me on the right path to health. I know I’ll neverwant to go back to The SAD Diet because of all I know throughyour writings! THANKS SO MUCH!!! David Lavalee inConneticut★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Victoria! I just can’t sleep! It’s now 2:00 A.M. I am so excited!I just sent you for 10 more YearBooks! When I get them, that willbe 24 I have purchased from you in the last 8 months! I havecompletely, cover-to-cover, studied my personally autographedcopy 3 times!!! I will never complete my study! I LIVE IN IT!I now find that I can sell these YearBooks like hotcakes! MYENTHUSIASM SELLS THEM! For over 3 years, I have held100 pounds off successfully with Hygiene! Don Barrett in Texas

As living by the teachings of The Holy Bible helps one to find andstay on the path to eternal happiness in heaven, so does TheHealth Seekers’ YearBook direct one to temporal heaven onEarth, helping to create a healthy, happy, long life! The 2 ladies,Victoria BidWell and Doctor Vetrano, accomplished more inThe YearBook than they aimed for! The YearBook is more thana handbook: it is “The True Natural Hygiene Bible!” I commendthis book to all who seek health. Csaky Laszlo in California★★

Dear, Dear Victoria, How can we ever thank you for the workyou have done and continue to do!??? My husband Jim and our2 sons, Quinn and Lincoln, and I count you with your HealthSeekers’ YearBook as one of the biggest blessings in our lives.We’ve joyfully watched TRUE HEALING MIRACLESoccur in each of our bodies and minds! All 4 of us exuberantlyshare and teach everyone who’s even slightly interested.THANK GOD THAT I GOT SO SICK AND MISER-ABLE THAT I FOUND NATURAL HYGIENE ANDYOUR YEARBOOK! Leigh Sills in Oklahoma★★★★★★

One of the important missions of GetWell is to helppeople understand that carrying on as we are is not anoption if we want to be well and joyful! Victoria has cometo the forefront with her Vision of Health for The AmericanPeople. Victoria steps across the battleline in full armor (OurModern Day Joan of Arc) holding high her great sword ofknowledge (The Laws of Natural Hygiene) written into herawesome publication, The Health Seekers’ YearBook — TheBible of Hygienic Truth!!! We will rally behind this professionalAmerican Educator. Two American Health Revolutionists —Irvin and Nadine Mannes in California★★★★★★★★★★★★

I’m amazed at how you have turned each page into a work of art!The graphics, phrasing, instruction — The Joy & Spirit for Life— all on each page! THE PROBLEM FOR ME IS JUSTPUTTING IT DOWN! Pamela Drake in Washington★★★★

The wonderful YearBook arrived Thursday, and I became soengrossed in it that evening that I stayed up into the wee hoursof the morning! I JUST COULDN’T PUT IT DOWN!!!It is so comprehensive and easy to read, even for this SeniorCitizen of 88 years! I am having fun trying out all the menus andrecipes. Marion DeGenaro in Ohio★★★★★★★★★★★★★★


1990 Reviews from The Biggest Names in Hygiene!Natural Hygiene, throughout its history, has at-tracted and inspired unique and special individualsto rise to the very summit of human performance.Most certainly, Victoria BidWell is one of thoseunique and special individuals — who has burstupon The Natural Hygiene Scene with unprec-edented performance! Miss BidWell’s determina-tion to show all the wisdom of Natural Hygieneacross The Land at the grassroots level remainsunmatched. The lady and teacher not only displaysan indomitable spirit of conviction, but also, anuntiring determination to mobilize all her creativeenergies into innovative tools which carry “TheMessage of Natural Hygiene.” The Natural Hygiene(Health Seekers') YearBook and TheGetWell★GrassRoots Victory Wagon are just twoof her many ideas to get “The Message of NaturalHygiene” out to the public in her special approach!Endorsed by... Dr. David Scott, Director ofScott’s Natural Health Institute, Strongsville, Ohio.Call: (440) 238-6930.Your book on GetWell★StayWell, America!— to say the least, — is a classic, and theresult of much study, compiling of truthfulinformation, and many hours of diligentwork. This book should be a part of studentstudy, beginning in the lower grades, andgoing up through high school. What a changethis would make on the future people of theworld! “Thank You!” And I salute you foryour dedicated efforts! Endorsed by... Dr.Gerald Benesh, Escondido, California.Both the novice, as well as the well-in-formed Natural Hygienist, will find TheHealth Seekers' YearBook a useful andinformative compendium of sprightly,stimulating, and valuable directions forenhancing health. A Great Nudge for anyHealth Seeker! Endorsed by... Dr. Will-iam Esser, Esser’s Health Ranch, LakeWorth, Florida.

The Health Seekers’ YearBook has 3 things in its favor:It is easy to read. It lays out The Principles and Practicesof Natural Hygiene so that even a teenager can graspthem. And it has lots of personal stories and anecdotesthat can help a newcomer to venture down The Road toNatural Hygiene. Last — but not least — and actually myfavourite part of The YearBook is “The Year in Ideal Foodfor Thought.” The 365 quotations for each day of the yearare both — uplifting and encouraging — for new and old-timers, like me! This book is a thorough and comprehen-sive scripture of Natural Hygiene. I hope it sells well andhelps millions to regain sanity in their lives. Endorsedby... Dr. Keki Sidhwa, President of The BritishNatural Hygiene Society, England, United Kingdom.

I consider The YearBook excellent reading.It’s definitely a study book, with easy tounderstand material on how to maintainvibrant health. Victoria, you are to be comple-mented for providing this creative and revo-lutionary answer to the question: “What AilsOur People?!?!” Endorsed Joe Aaron, Presi-dent of The Canadian Hygiene Society.BRAVO! VICTORIA! If a Hygienist couldhave only 1 book to show friends or lovedones in the hopes of successfully introduc-ing them to Healthful Living through Natu-ral Hygiene, The Health Seekers’ YearBookwould be the best choice I can imagine!Endorsed by Dr. Douglas Graham, Mara-thon, Florida.

Victoria’s Health Seekers’ YearBook is a compre-hensive coverage of Natural Hygiene in its physi-cal, mental, psychological, and psycho-spiritualaspects. It is written in an enthusiastic, inspira-tional style, which makes for delightful readingand study. “The Year in Live-Food Menus” forthe entire year was a superb idea! Victoria hassimplified a vast subject and put its most impor-tant features into a single volume — a formidabletask. This book is just what The Natural HygieneMovement has been needing! I am recommend-ing The YearBook to all my patients and friends.Endorsed by... Dr. Stanley Bass, New York.

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Up until the sudden appearance of Common Sense in 1776, the concept of “American Freedom” hadexisted virtually subconsciously — as an unarticulated, unexpressed strain of political radicalism and as acomponent of the over-zealous, evangelical, religious mind. Yes, much discontent and much begrudging of TheMother Country existed in the colonists’ minds. But no one had openly, publically challenged the view, withboth reason and emotionalism, that the British Constitution, with its balance between monarch, Lords andCommons and with kings and queens, was the perfect system of government in the world! With CommonSense, Thomas Paine literally transformed “The Collective American Consciousness” into Freedom-Loversand Freedom-Fighters!! (Or — perhaps you could say — he brought to the surface an awareness of what thecolonists really wanted and hadn't quite recognized yet!) Just think of it, GetWell Friends! Just think what 150,000copies of Common Sense did! Circulated among just a few million Americans ready and willing to be set free— Common Sense turned farmers into soldiers and their cause for American Freedom into VICTORY!

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THIS BOOK IS MANNA FROM HEAVEN! After reading Victoria BidWell's The Health Seekers'YearBook, I just sat in awe of its great power! A mighty talent among us has produced a powerful work atjust the right historical juncture. It is just what is needed to push The American Health Revolution a giantstep forward! Victoria BidWell, with her flair for language, organizational skill, and her knowledge, hasproduced a magnificent book that will be a landmark from whence The American Natural HygieneGrassRoots Movement will get started. Millions of people are ready for Natural Hygiene’s revolutionaryideas about health, disease, and healing. Most of the people in our Country are over-fed, malnourished, over-stimulated, and chronically poisoned. The thoughtful and open-minded among them are seeking a way outof their enervating and crippling lifestyles. Now we have an all-encompassing, comprehensive presentationof Natural Hygiene in one fine volume for these very people.

BREAK WITH YOUR MEDICAL MENTALITY! Dr. Herbert Shelton wrote: “The knowledge abouthealth, disease, and healing is so simply and easily understood that if given straight to the people, it would doaway with so many vested interests that it would bring on chaos.” If the knowledge about health, disease, andhealing is so easily understood, then why have so few grasped it? All of us since early childhood have beenconditioned by misinformation about the body that has led to our developing a treatment-mentality and a cure-psychology. This is what goes to make up what Victoria called “The Medical Mentality.” She correctly pointsout: “The only way ‘The Health Seeker’ can declare “Health Independence’ and claim freedom from medicineis to give up ‘The Medical Mentality’ and take up self-responsibility.” The Health Seekers' YearBook shows youhow to get rid of your “Medical Mentality” in the most masterful way, and that’s the real nitty-gritty of NaturalHygiene. When the bodily needs are met in Natural Hygiene living, it naturally knows how to function for itsown self-preservation and always works toward perfection. This is a revolutionary way of thinking about thebody! In The YearBook, Victoria boldly brands a group of Americans “The Disease Industrialists.” They arethose who profit from sickness, and they are in the forefront of scare-mongering about disease and peddlingmisinformation about it. These sickness profiteers present the body as a fallible contraption that constantlymalfunctions and has to be treated. In order to sell their treatments and poisonous drugs, The DiseaseIndustrialists have to dissuade you about the true nature of the human organism — especially its self-constructing, self-regulating, and self-healing capacities.

A GIANT STEP FOR THE HEALTH REVOLUTION! The Health Seekers’YearBook is an HygienicMasterpiece. It is True Hygiene — without compromises found in so much other Hygienic literature. And —there is something in if for everyone! It is a good composite of 3 areas of Natural Hygiene: (1) Philosophy,theory, and principles; (2) Historical background and development; and (3) Much practical informationabout food, diet, and lifestyle. This book is a gold mine of knowledge and practical informationthat all Hygienists, Natural Hygiene teachers, and those aspiring to be teachers should haveand use. The Health Seekers' YearBook will inspire The American People to make revolutionarychanges the same as Common Sense did for The People of the 1776 American Revolution! VictoriaBidWell bids fair to become the Thomas Paine of The Great American Health Revolution!

Frieda Kabelac-Ireland, Former Board Member of The Former American Natural Hygiene Society

Thomas PaineAlias...“The Forester”

“Independence is the only bond that can tye and keep us together!”Thomas Paine, born in 1737, the son of an English, Quaker staymaker, arrived in America in 1774, sponsored by

Benjamin Franklin, with the express plans of opening a school for women. He arrived, however, to meet his destiny andboldly accept his true calling — not to be teaching America's young women — but to be inciting young America's men!Thomas' soul stirred with deep resentment toward English tyranny. Talent and destiny forged Thomas Paine into TheLiberty Bell personified! He is long to be remembered as “The Mighty Mouthpiece of The American Revolution!”Paine’s pamphlet, published throughout 1776, Common Sense: Addressed to The Inhabitants of America, mostcompletely and eloquently presented, multifaceted arguments for democratic principles from a rationalistic point ofview, while his unparalleled, burning fervor for American Independence for all Americans added an emotionalappeal that few could resist and that the majority embraced. It was Thomas Paine — in Common Sense — whoplayed the decisive, passionate role in persuading the colonists to commit themselves to independence! It was ThomasPaine, a common man himself, who first aligned himself with the fears and dreams of the malcontent colonials andwho then first articulated those sentiments into a cry for “INDEPENDENCE !” Paine thought nothing of theridiculousness and impossibility of attempting to defeat the most powerful military authority in the world! Paine thoughtnothing of the colonists' natural reluctance to commit treason against England! Paine thought nothing of putting his heart,body, and soul on the line for the cause in which he so passionately believed! And so, this one man, with no resources buthis pen and his GOD-given talents and calling, pamphleteered America into her INDEPENDENCE! And now, I sharewith you, Friends of A Loving and Healthy America, Thomas Paine's most marvelous and most favorite piece of rhetoric . . .

“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriotwill, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their Country; but he that stands it now,deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious thetriumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that giveseverything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it wouldbe strange, indeed, if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.”


It was in 1990 when others first begandeclaring Victoria BidWell “The Self-Made Thomas Paine of The AmericanHealth Revolution.” Frieda Kabelac-Ireland of Florida: “ The Health Seek-ers’ YearBook is an Hygienic Mas-terpiece! It is True Hygiene — with-out compromises found in so muchother Hygienic literature. It is a goodcomposite of 3 areas of NaturalHygiene: (1) Philosophy, theory,and principles; (2) Historical back-ground and development; and (3)Much practical information aboutfood, diet, and lifestyle. This bookis a gold mine of knowledge andpractical information. The HealthSeekers’ YearBook will inspire TheAmerican People to make revolu-tionary changes the same as Com-mon Sense did for The People ofthe 1776 American Revolution!Victoria BidWell does bid fare tobecome ‘The Thomas Paine ofThe Great American HealthRevolution’!”

“This is The New Millennium thattries our souls. The summer soldierand sunshine patriot will, in thisAmerican health crisis, shrink fromthe service of their Country; but thoseCommon Health Sense Revolution-ists that stand it now, deserve thelove and thanks of all Americans!The Disease Industrialists and Es-tablishment Thinking, like hell, arenot easily conquered; yet we have thisconsolation with us, that the harderthe conflict, the more Hygiene Joy inthe triumph! What we obtain toocheap, we esteem too lightly; it isdearness only that gives everythingits value. Heaven knows how to put aproper price upon its goods; and itwould be strange, indeed, if such ce-lestial articles as... A HEALTHYLIFE, LIBERTY, and THE PUR-SUIT OF HAPPINESS should not behighly rated.” With a Huge Debt ofGratitude to Thomas Paine!

Let me tell you more of “The Thomas PaineStory.” Once the fighting began and GeneralWashington's troops were bitterly cold and demor-alized, Washington ordered his officers to read Tho-mas Paine’s Common Sense and his Crisis pamphletsto his few 5,000 troops. They rallied. And they suc-ceeded. Up until the sudden appearance of CommonSense in 1776, the concept of “American Freedom”had existed virtually subconsciously — as anunarticulated, unexpressed strain of political radi-calism or as a component of the over-zealous, evan-gelical, religious mind. But no one openly, publiclychallenged the view, with both reason and emotion-alism, that the British Constitution, with its balancebetween monarch, Lords, and Commons, was themost perfect system of government in the world!With Common Sense, Thomas Paine literally trans-formed “The Collective American Consciousness”into Freedom Lovers and Freedom Fighters! UP UN-TIL COMMON SENSE, most colonists were stilltrying to reason with English officials to bring aboutreform and reach more reconciliatory agreements.BUT AFTER COMMON SENSE, the Americancolonists were set afire with the desire for their ownindependence — without compromises!

Likewise, many schools of thought todayare still trying to compromise Natural Hygiene so asto “reform” it. In this Common Health Sense for TheAmerican Health Revolution, let me reiterate what

Dr. Herbert M. Shelton felt about attempts to “re-form” Natural Hygiene:

“Reform means ‘a change of externals.’ Re-form is, thus, a patchwork program and isjustifiable only when the thing that is to bereformed is basically sound and worth sav-ing. ‘Revolution,’ on the other hand, is ‘achange from within.’ Revolution correctsevils at their roots, instead of making condi-tions more bearable by patching them.Revolution is a fundamental reconstruc-tion or the replacement of an old order withan entirely new one. Revolution is im-perative when the old system, like the medi-cal system, is rotten-to-the-core and con-tains virtually nothing worth saving!”

We, as Hygienists, are in agreement that TheDisease Industrialists and those with “The MedicalMentality at Its Worst” are not only physiologicallyincorrect — but many are morally corrupt. CommonHealth Sense will expose both this incorrectness andcorruption, always with an accompanying attitude ofHygiene Joy and in celebration of Superlative Healthas our end goals! I call upon you to join in thisCommon Health Sense Revolution in the same sensethat Thomas Paine called for an “Independence Revo-lution” or that Dr. Shelton and the 1800s Hygienistscalled for a “Health Revolution!”

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The Health Seekers’ YearBookA Revolutionist’s HandBook for Getting Well

& Staying Well without The Medicine MenThe Health Seekers’ YearBook is the most

comprehensive work ever accomplished inNatural Hygiene — but most importantly, it isthe most PRACTICAL, Hygienic work EVERdone! This book tells the readers exactly how togo about implementing the Hygienic principlesand concepts into their daily lives. This is a“HOW TO DO IT YOURSELF” manual if thereever was one! In a nutshell, The YearBookcontains all of the information a person wouldhave to have in order to lead a completelyhealthful, totally Hygienic life. In short,everyone’s needs are addressed in The HealthSeekers’ YearBook.

HYGIENE starts in the mind. Hygiene isnot just a collection of practices: it is a new andrevolutionary way of looking at health and whywe get sick. You have to learn to THINK HY-GIENICALLY before you can LIVE HYGIENI-CALLY. The Health Seekers’ YearBook startswith a thorough and easy-to-understand orien-tation to Natural Hygiene that trains the readerto do just that — THINK HYGIENICALLY . Basic,underlying foundations of The Hygienic Sys-tem are firmly laid in the first 7 chapters. VictoriaBidWell was a professional educator beforeshe became an Hygienic writer and publicist;and her years of experience and expertise inteaching come shining joyfully through in TheHealth Seekers’ YearBook . Her charts, graphs,tables, and barrage of lively graphics make“instant learning” a reality, as she vividly makesHygienic truths come to life and practically leapoff the pages. The book literally invites you tokeep turning the pages as it successfully in-structs, inspires, and motivates “The SufferingClass of America” and “Health Seekers Every-where” — the 2 groups of people to whom TheYearBook is dedicated — to start a health revo-lution in their own lives through the systematicpractice of Natural Hygiene.

By separating lifestyle practices into 2simple groups — those that “ENHANCE EN-ERGY” and those that “ROB ENERGY” — thereader clearly sees what it is that he or she mustdo to become a full-fledged, practicing NaturalHygienist and exactly what must be done toleave membership in The Suffering Class ofAmerica. “The Energy Robbers” are “The BadGuys” — the practices to cease and desistimmediately! “The Energy Enhancers” of Clean-liness, Pure Air and Water, Adequate Rest &Sleep, Regular Exercise, The Ideal Diet, Sun-shine, Right Temperatures, Emotional Balance,and Nurturing Relationships are “The GoodGuys” — the practices to embrace forthwith.

Then, how to implement The Energy En-hancers directly into your daily life are fullyexplained in the opening chapters. Then, be-cause mastering The Ideal Diet takes a bit ofpractical know-how, four middle chapters tothe book spell out how to set up your “VictoryKitchen” and then provide not only breakfast,lunch, and dinner for everyday of the year, but50 salad dressings, 125 “Recipes for The Revo-lution,” and all-American holiday menus ga-lore!

Those who think that Hygienic eating isboring and so monotonous will really cherishthe daily menus that cover 365 healthful-eating,live-food days. Miss BidWell’s menus are notonly varied, festive, and inviting. They are trueto the principles of Natural Hygiene in everyimportant respect. You will be amazed at theamount of variety and the degree of delicious-ness she offers in the meal plans without “wa-tering down” and compromising Hygienic foodplan principles!

Every book has to have a theme. And inthe case of The Health Seekers’ YearBook thattheme is embodied not only in the title but in the

subtitle, as well: A Revolutionist’s HandBookfor Getting Well & Staying Well without TheMedicine Men . The theme of “Health Freedomfor Americans! through Hygienic Thought &Action!” comes across loud and clear. In a toneof deadly seriousness — but in a spirit of livelyvictoriousness — Miss BidWell calls for mem-bers of The Suffering Class of America andHealth Seekers Everywhere to openly declaretheir “Health Independence,” to free themselvesfrom “The Medicine Men” and “The MedicalMentality,” and to fervently practice the prin-ciples of Natural Hygiene in order to becomeHealth Revolutionists for a healthier UnitedStates and world at large.

Our author thus draws a most intriguingparallel between The American Revolution thatestablished our freedom from The British in1776 with The Great American Health Revolu-tion that has the potential to establish ourfreedom from “The Disease Industrialists”henceforth. The entire book is an amazing,upbeat unfoldment of Americana in teachings,quotes, graphics, and illustrations that left meready to wave the flag and cheer: “Go, Go, Go...Raw, Raw, Raw!” Corny? Yes. Effective? To-tally!

Most interesting to me were ChapterTwelve, “The Health Seekers’ Heritage,” andChapter Thirteen, “The Year in Ideal Food forThought.” These sections on the history ofNatural Hygiene and the 365 quotes for eachday of the year from great, Hygienic thinkersthroughout history show us that Natural Hy-giene is neither some Johnny-Come-Lately fadnor some short-lived hype destined to fizzle outtomorrow. Rather, Victoria shows us that Hy-giene has a long and respected and awesomehistory and that it is here to stay! In readingthese 2 chapters, we become strong in ourHygienic conviction: we feel our roots deeplyembedded into the physiological, earthen lawsof life as revealed by Hygienic Pioneering Gi-ants, past and present.

In these 2 chapters and throughout TheYearBook , our author gives credit where creditis due: to those Hygienists who fought to estab-lish Hygiene and to keep it alive down through

the many decades. Going back to the early,scenes of Natural Hygiene at the beginning ofthe 19th century, “Health RevolutionistVictoria ★BidWell ★GetWell ★StayWell” paints aglorious panorama of Hygienic figures andevents that will make you like feel you livedthrough it all, yourself!

Victoria conferred with a number ofHygienic Doctrs while writing The Health Seek-ers’ YearBook. Her standards for “getting itright” on even the pickiest detail never wa-vered. The final touch of the many hours ofDr. Vetrano’s editing, along with numerousconsultations, have put The YearBook in aposition of the highest recommendability forall Hygienists, new and seasoned, alike.

One can only gasp at the amount oftime Victoria must have spent doing the re-search necessary to prepare The Health Seek-ers’ YearBook and then the time and expenseit must have taken to typeset and design thelayout! In closing, one can only marvel atwhat Victoria has prepared to hand over toThe American People!

If you were to have but one bookon Natural Hygiene in your library, TheHealth Seekers’ YearBook would nowbe the very best book to have and torecommend — without even thinkingtwice. Here we have Natural Hygienescience and practicality with accuracyand completeness, thematic sobrietyand light-hearted joyfulness, didacticthoroughness and perfectionistic de-tail — all woven into one, practicalhandbook that clearly presents Hygieneas what it truly is: “The SuperlativeAlternative to The ConventionalMedicial Approach that Employs Drugs,Surgeries, Treatments, and Is All Cen-tered around Doctor Dependency!”

Now, We Can All BeFree of All of That!



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In 1974, I conceived and outlined a number of lessons to bring the science of health to ourpeople. In 1981, I started creating those lessons which became famous by virtue of the best seller, Fitfor Life, written by 2 of its most illustrious graduates, Harvey and Marilyn Diamond. In 1983, I engagedVictoria BidWell to help me administer The Life Science Health System, a course in the nutritional andhealth sciences. Among her several responsibilites, she was engaged to evaluate and grade studenttest papers, as well as write articles for my publications. A few years of earning her living working withNatural Hygiene and diligent self-study has excellently qualified Victoria BidWell to become one of ourmost illuminating educators and spokespersons in The World of Natural Hygiene, this day.

Although Victoria has published several books on Pure Hygiene in the last 6 years, she will longbe remembered and appreciated for her most grand publication: a huge, 468-page volume of oversizedpages that should be called “an encyclopedia.” Appropriately named “The Health Seekers’ YearBook,”this is a complete traversal of Natural Hygiene that touches bases with every important concept in TheHygienic System. Victoria has called this mighty tome a “yearbook” because it presents a program forliving healthfully throughout every day of the year. And, because of its immense practicality as a “do-it-yourself” approach to living Hygienically, she has subtitled it a “handbook.” Actually, The HealthSeekers’ YearBook — A Revolutionist’s Handbook for Getting Well and Staying Well without TheMedicine Men is a complete and comprehensive health library in a single volume.

While I take great pride in The Life Science Health System which I have been instrumental increating, it does not affront me a bit to welcome Victoria to the ranks of those who are fighting the battleagainst disease and suffering with the mightiest weapon ever — THE SIMPLE TRUTH! In fact, Victoriahas put far more into this single volume than could be gleaned from the Life Science course and itstexts at a single sitting! She has gone to every Hygienic practitioner of note in this day for guidanceand contributions to her giant compendium. And she has gone to some very rare, Hygienic literatureto present vignettes and insights from the pioneers of Natural Hygiene that encapsulate and exemplify“The Whole Hygienic Truth & Nothing but The Hygienic Truth.” As Hygienists, we know full well thatthis science has been effectively suppressed in this century, much to the suffering of The AmericanPeople. The Diamonds got the people “off the fence” with Fit for Life. But Miss BidWell’s HealthSeekers’ YearBook will take them straight into the forefront of The True Science of Natural Hygiene.Furthermore, Miss BidWell’s unique talent for spotting quotable material in a sea of words brings usa wealth of illustrative quotations, as she affords us insights, rationales, and guidelines that areapplicable in virtually all aspects of getting well and staying well that beset Health Seekers.

THE QUEEN OF NATURAL HYGIENE — DR. VIVIAN V.VETRANO EDITS THE HEALTH SEEKERS’ YEARBOOK!

Dr. Vivian Virginia Vetrano was so betaken by the thoroughgoing and practical andreadable, entertaining nature of Victoria’s magna opum that she undertook to edit the entireYearBook — to Hygienize it with her stamp of purity. The masterful result of this fruitfulcollaboration is an impeccable presentation that yields lay persons sterling guidance in The Artand Science of Getting Well and Staying Well without The Medicine Men. I’ve already beenreproached for “giving Victoria too much assistance at the expense of Life Science.” Still, I feelneither jealous nor that Life Science has been slighted one bit! Our mission is to spread thebeneficent message of Natural Hygiene as fast and as far as we can. We need all the help we canget. Rather than feel that Victoria is stealing my thunder, I congratulate her as yet anotherdedicated general in The Health Revolution to end ignorance, suffering, and premature death.Natural Hygiene is a grassroots movement that needs The Health Seekers’ YearBook! I want tosee its exalting message spread its wonders across America! I am happy that Victoria isdevoting her enormous talent to the colossal task of further inflaming A Health Revolutionist’sSpirit and inspiring A Health Revolutionist’s Mentality into The American People. With Dr.Vetrano’s editing throughout The YearBook, we now have the finest piece of Hygienic literaturehistory has yet to offer!

MY FINAL ASSESSMENT!Though this is my 20th year devoted to studying and promoting Natural Hygiene, I read

this book with avid excitement, staying up until the wee hours of the morning on someoccasions. Because of the way Victoria has designed, laid out, and illustrated The HealthSeekers’ YearBook, it was easy reading, engrossing, and entertaining. I read The YearBook withawe and have made it a part of the Life Science Health System for 3 reasons:#1. For me, it was a wonderful review and refresher course: Victoria has thought of everything!#2. Victoria has uncovered so much fascinating material from the original and pioneeringHygienic giants that I was continually enriched with new perspectives as I read the entire 468-page text!#3. Victoria is a thinker and a master teacher. And she has added much of her own, originalthought and personal suggestions that make Natural Hygiene simpler and easier and moreenjoyable to apply.

Whether you are a beginner or an advanced student of Natural Hygiene, I cannot think ofa more comprehensive handbook or a better guide to the philosophy, principles, and practicesof health than The Health Seekers’ YearBook. Finally, we have “The Hygienic Bible” to offerHealth Seekers and Genuine Hygienists, alike!



YearBook Praise Reports from The People!Opening The YearBook to any page is like diving straight intoThe Crystal-Clean Ocean of Pure Natural Hygiene!It provides a warm, supportive environment.Even after the shortest dip into this vast poolof sparking, pure knowledge and informa-tion — my inspiration, motivation, anddetermination are renewed and fortified!The Health Seekers’ YearBook is a...“Treasure beyond Measure!” RonnGladwin in Oklahoma ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

The layout, the eye-appeal, and theprinting of The Health Seekers’YearBook are just as great as The Natu-ral Hygiene Teachings are PURE! FrankWilson in California ★★★★★★★★★

THE YEARBOOK IS A JEWEL! Thisgem is motivating me already!! In fact, I have stoppedwatching television since it arrived, after reading “The FourArguments for The Elimination of Television.” Now myhouse looks cleaner, and I have so much more time foreverything that is really so very much more important! Pleasesend 9 more copies for my sickly friends. Aida Suarez in NewYork ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

I had been following a 75% to 90% “Live-Foods Diet” for5 years, and I thought I knew all I needed to know aboutNatural Hygiene. But Victoria BidWell’s YEARBOOKcleared up many misunderstandings for me. Page 161made me realize I was “A Compulsive Overeater,” eventhough I have never had a weight problem. The chapter onEMOTIONAL BALANCE helped me deal with the stress ofmy life so much more effectively that I have put my life inmuch better order! Susan Jorg in Oregon ★★★★★★★★★★

Dear Victoria, You are indeed a marvel! Mrs. Burrell and I arethe proud owners of 10 grandchildren. None are married todate, but most of whom are eligible. We can think of nogreater or more worthwhile gifts on their wedding daysthan would be copies of your wonderful Health Seekers’YearBook. It would always be available to challengethem to strive to live more healthfully and in the memoryof their doting grandparents. Enclosed is our check tocover 20 more copies of the wonderful YearBooks. LifeScience Graduates, The Lawrence Burrells in Oklahoma ★★

T.C. Fry’s amazing endorsement of your book, The HealthSeekers’ YearBook, was the overwhelming factor causingme to invest my money in yet another book on health. Andwhat is my conclusion? THE BOOK IS TERRIFIC! It isthe most clarifying, simplifying, and yet penetrating and

satisfying literature I have yet found on Natural Hygiene!I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT

YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY EXPENDED TO-WARD THIS QUALITY MASTERPIECE!Thank you for your contributions to my life

and to the rest of humanity. Your contribu-tions to The Planet will eventually rival those

of Dr. Shelton’s. Dr. Robert Wyman in Cali-fornia ★★★★★★★★★★

I am 85 years old, and I treasure yourHEALTH SEEKERS’ YEARBOOK,edited by Dr. Vetrano! I started withpeace in my heart that at last I have theteachings I need to be able to eat the right

combinations. I especially enjoy all yourstories and quotes throughout the book.Katherine Shelton in Texas ★★★★★★★

When I bought THE YEARBOOK, I was saying to myself,“WHAT AM I BUYING THIS FOR? I already have the 20volume Health Reporters, all of T.C. Fry works, Dr. Shelton’sSuperior Nutrition. I have watched all of the videos, readmost of the books!?!?” I was afraid I was throwing my moneyaway on things I already knew. SURPRISE OF SUR-PRISES! There was a great deal in your YearBook I didn’tknow and had not even thought of! It is a great book, asevidenced by my purchases of over 50 copies this year toresell at health fairs! You are a genius, right up there withDrs. Shelton and Vetrano! Phyllis Avery in California ★★★★

Dear Victoria, Thank You for meeting me at The Bart Stationso that I could purchase a box of your wonderful YearBooks.It may interest you to know that I mailed copies of yourYearBooks to my family in Israel and that your inspiringwork can be shared on the other side of the world! Pleasekeep up the good work. If you promote The YearBook withthe enthusiasm and energy you radiate in person, I am sure itwill be the breakthrough that Natural Hygiene needs! JakeNovak in Texas ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Dear Victoria, The more times I go through TheYearBook, the more I love it! My family all went nuts,fruits, and veggies over it! THANK YOU! Laura Meachamin Montana ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

For those who want to take responsibility for their health— both mental and physical — The Health Seekers’YearBook is just bulging with positive pointers andpowerful pushes. It teaches both intellectually and emo-tionally, motivating one to improve her health and that ofthis planet! THANK YOU, VICTORIA! THIS IS A REALVICTORY! Mary McKisson in Texas ★★★★★★★★★★

AND STILL MORE...


The Health Seekers’ YearBookA Revolutionist’s HandBook

for Getting Well & Staying Well without The Medicine Men

CHAPTER ONE: Page 1 to Page 32THE DECLARATION

OF HEALTH INDEPENDENCE• Letters from Health Seekers Who Have Declared Their

Health Independence• “Declaration of Health Independence” — July 4th, 1989• Claim Your Freedom from The Medicine Men• The 4 Best Reasons in the World

— NOT — to Take Drugs by Dr. Alan Immerman• Drugs That Can Turn You Off! by Benedict Cary• In Deference to The Good Doctors• The 3 Lifestyle Causes of Disease, According

to The Medicine Men• A Quick & Casual Lesson in Linguistics: “Toxemia,”

“Endogenous” & “Exogenous”• The One Cause of All Disease,

According to The Natural Hygiene Paradigm• The Two Sources of Toxemia: Endogenous & Exogenous• The Descent into Disease: A Diagram of The 7 Stages• The Medical Mentality at Its Very Worst

VS Natural Hygiene at Its Very Best• The Natural, Physiological Laws of Life• “Nerve Energy” — Fully Defined from Every Angle

• How Are Your Energy Habits?• More Energy — Everybody Wants It!• “Nerve Energy” Is Not “Plain, Old Energy”!• “Nerve Energy”— A Specialized Term in Natural Hygiene• Nerve Energy — In a Modern Day Metaphor• Nerve Energy — As a Direct Experience• If You Want More Nerve Energy, Then Stop Wasting It!

• “The Seven Stages of Disease,” Defined• Acute Disease VS Chronic Disease• Irreversible Degeneration at Its Worst: Hard Arteries• Enhance Your Immune System by Embracing...

The Energy Enhancers!• More on The Energy Enhancers• How High Is Your Energy Barometer?• Adopt, Instead, The Attitude of a Health Revolutionist!

CHAPTER TWO: Page 33 to Page 38THE FASTEST WAY TO START

YOUR OWN HEALTH REVOLUTION!• “Fasting Is a Highly Controversial Subject...”• Detoxification ...A Word of Encouragement...• “Fasting” VS “Starvation” — Word Origins & Definitions• Fasting Is NOT Starvation! — A Side-by-Side Comparison• Hygienic Fasting VS Just Not Eating• The 5 Kinds of Rest Health Seekers Need While Fasting• The 4 Main Bodily Activities During a Fast• Fasting Is Not a “Cure”• Fasting in Chronic Disease• The Healing Crisis• “The Complete Fast” — Defined• Signs of The Completed Fast• Who Should Fast?• Who Should Not Fast?

CHAPTER THREE: Page 39 to 70MORE ON ENERGY ENHANCER #8:

REGULAR EXERCISE• Exercise & The Ideal Diet Build Great Health... Try It!• The Health Seekers’ 3 Forms of Exercise: Stretching,

Aerobics & Weight-Training• Stretching: Unique Features & Benefits• A Simple Stretching Session to Make You Sleek & Supple!• Aerobics: Unique Features & Benefits

• Exerciser’s High• Finding Your Target Heart Rate• Aerobic Walking — The Perfect Exercise!• “The Set Point Theory” — Defined & Detailed

• Weight-Training: Unique Features & Benefits• Weight-Training Exercises to Turn Nervous Exhaustion

into Vigor by Dr. V.V. Vetrano• Aerobics & Weight-Training: Contraindications• Lymphasize While You Exercise• Techniques to Lymphasize & Energize• The Health Seeker’s Exercise Log• The Wonderful Psychology of Regular Exercise

A DETAILED

TABLE OF CONTENTS TOPIC-BY-TOPIC

CHAPTER FOUR: Page 71 to Page 102MORE ON ENERGY ENHANCERS #9 & #10:

EMOTIONAL BALANCE& NURTURING RELATIONSHIPS

• “Health Takes Place on All Levels: Physical,Physiological, Emotional, Mental & Spiritual”

• The Tell-Tale Signs of Depression• Taming The Compulsive Personality

• The Addiction Syndrome• Dr. Selye’s Contribution: The Concept of Stress• The Physiology of Fear ...or...

The Fight-or-Flight Response• The Eustress (“Good Stress”) of Life• The Life-Events Stress Test• Dr. Shelton on the Subject of “Emotional Balance”• The General Adaptation Syndrome• “Total Success in Life” —

as Defined by The Health Seeker• The Five Stages of Burnout• Are You Burning Out? (This Quiz Will Tell! )• The Psychology of Self-Esteem• Self-Worth & Efficacy:

Nathaniel Branden’s Contribution• Love & Worthiness: William Glasser’s Contribution

• Antidotes to Addiction• Love• Forgiveness• Seeking Gratitude• Loving Thy Neighbor• Visualization• Positive Self-Talk• Affirmations

• The Exercise Antidote:• More on The Exercise Antidote• Exercise as a Positive Addiction

• “The Positive Addiction State of Mind” as Definedby Dr. William Glasser• The 2 Categories of Positive Addiction Activities

• Physically Demanding Activities• Totally Passive Activities

• Developing Positive Addiction• Positive Addiction VS Negative Addiction• The Engaging Spirit of Positive Addiction

• The Protoplasmic Poisons: Both Prescribed & for Pleasure• The #1 Favorite Protoplasmic Pleasure Poison...

Caffeine• Caffeine Dosages in Milligrams• Caffeine Withdrawal

• The #2 Favorite Protoplasmic Pleasure Poison...Alcohol• “Alcohol Intake: Light, Moderate & Heavy”

— Defined• A Quiz for The Drinking Man & Woman• The Dark, Sickening Side of Alcohol

• The Dark, Sad Side of Alcohol• Alcohol Withdrawal & Detoxification

• The #3 Favorite Protoplasmic Pleasure Poison...Tobacco• The Smoking Addiction• Smoking & Cardiovascular Disease• The Sidestream Smoker• Smoking Risks• Take a Deep Breath!

— Go through Nicotine Withdrawal!• 3 Choices Open to The Addict• Beware! The 7 Stages of Denial• The Perils of Procrastination• The Profile of The Peak Performer• More on Peak Performance

CHAPTER FIVE: Page 103 to Page 128MORE ON ENERGY ENHANCER #5:

THE IDEAL DIET• “The Ideal Diet” — Defined One More Time —

Just for GetWell★StayWell Measure!• The Ideal Diet ...A 3-Word Summary:

“WHOLE, RAW, PLANT”• But Does The Ideal Diet Give Me Everything My Body

Needs?”• The 13 Criteria of an Ideal Food• “Is The Natural Hygiene Diet Nutrition Sufficient?”

by Dr. Alan Goldhamer• What Exactly is “Fruit”?• What Exactly Is a “Vegetable”?• Our True Dietetic Character: Left Brain & Right Brain

Reasoning through Anthropolog; Comparative Anatomy& Physiology; Aesthetics, Psychology & Ethics

• “How Much Protein Should We Eat?” by Dr. Immerman• Dennis Nelson’s Complete Book:

Food Combining Simplified• Food Combining Chart• Classification of Foods for Food Combining Application• Detoxification on The Ideal Diet:

Possible Symptoms of Detoxification• Whatever Your Symptoms: A Word of Encouragement• Healing through Body Cycles• The Body as a Healing System• Detoxification & Withdrawal

• Drug Withdrawal• Caffeine & Nicotine Withdrawal• Heavy Metal Elimination• Meat Eating & The Acid Body Condition• Sugar Withdrawal• Salt Withdrawal

• Ending The Female Curse• How to Deal with Weakness during Your Detoxification• A Return to Good Health Takes Time!• Profile of The Live Food Enthusiast


CHAPTER SIX: Page 129 to Page 154THE IDEAL DIET VS THE SAD DIET

• The U.S.D.A. Four Food Group Plan• The Standard American Diet & Its Basic Four Food Groups

VS The Ideal Diet & Its Basic Four Food Groups• The 3 Main Objections to The SAD Diet• Ideal Diet VS SAD Diet: Daily Average Caloric Intake

— Percentages of Fat, Protein & Carbohydrates• The Ideal Diet VS The SAD Diet: Miscellaneous

Comparisons in Ideal Wholesomeness & in SAD Toxicity• The Ideal Diet VS The SAD Diet: Summary for Deciding

How to Pursue — a Healthy Life, Liberty & Happiness!• Objections to the Use of All Animal Foods• Objections to The Basic Food Groups: #1, #2, #3 & #4• Objections to The 5th Food Group: Pure Junk Foods: Junk

Beverages, Condiments, Refined Sugars & Synthetic Food• The Dis-services of The Dead Food Industrialists

• The Corruption of Our Food Supply through Refining• Empty Calories — Naked Calorie Foods• Fiber Facts & The Ideal Foods VS The Refined Foods• Dietary Fiber Content of Ideal Foods

• The Corruption of Our Food Supply through Preserving• The Chemical Conspiracy & The Sinister Salt Story• How the Body Acts upon Salt• Salt as a Protoplasmic Poison By Andy Zupko• What Exactly Is... “The Daily, SAD, Salt Dosage?”• Naturally Occurring Sodium in Ideal Foods VS SAD• Salt... It’s in Every SAD Thing!• Naturally Occurring Sodium Content of Ideal Foods• Salt-Count Guides

• Mother’s Milk Is One of Our Ideal Baby Foods!• The SAD Poisoning of Our Baby Food• Retoxification ...or... The Food Hangover

CHAPTER SEVEN: Page 155 to Page 174HOW TO REACH YOUR IDEAL WEIGHT

• The Natural Weight-Loss System... (in a nutshell)• The Chicken Feed Factor & A Lesson in Fat Awareness• Who Keeps Count? & Overfed & Undernourished• Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa & Bulimia• Do You Have a Compulsive Eating Problem?• The Overeaters Anonymous Organization• True Hunger VS The SADly Jaded Appetite• Science Defines the Hunger-Satiety Mechanisms• How to “Short Circuit” Overeating• GetWell Slow-Down Behaviors: Antidote to Overeating• How High-Fiber Foods Promote Weight Loss• Freedom from Slavery & Suffering — Monomeal Concept• Dr. Shelton on Fasting & Weight Loss• The Most Striking Advantages of Fasting for Weight Loss• The Difference between “Nutrition” & “Food”• The GetWell Weight Gain System• The StayWell Weight Maintenance System

CHAPTER EIGHT: Page 175 TO 198THE VICTORY KITCHEN

• The 10 Revolutionary Steps to Making Yours“A Victory Kitchen!”

• The Health Hazards of Cooking• When Cook You Must — Guidelines from Dr. Vetrano• Pottenger’s Cats• The Organic Question• The Fruit Stand Affair• Beware, The Irradiated Foods!• The Ideal-Juice Diet Guidelines• The Hygienic Fast VS The Ideal-Juice Diet• When Chewing the Raw Foods Is difficult• Supermarket Vegetable Juice VS “Victory Vegetable Juice”• “True Transition” Menus & Recipes VS

“Anything Goes Transition” Menus & Recipes• “True Vetranian Style!”• A Few Special Words about Menus & Recipes to Follow• General Directions for Menus & Recipes to Follow• HOW TO BEGIN — GetWell Guidelines to Get Off SAD

Food: Progress — If Not Perfection — on The Ideal Diet

CHAPTER NINE: Page 199 to Page 249THE YEAR IN LIVE-FOOD MENUS

THIS IS THE CHAPTER FOR WHICH MOSTHEALTH SEEKERS BUY THIS BOOK!

• Preface to the Chapter from Dr. Vetrano• BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER forevery day of the year in menus are pre-sented: all ideally combined, all raw, all withexact amounts specified, all with seasonalfoods featured, all with no repetition!• GetWell★&★StayWell ...with Live-Food

Salad Dressings & The Victory Veggie Seasonings!

CHAPTER TEN: Page 250 to Page 280RECIPES FOR THE REVOLUTION!

• The GetWell★StayWell, America! Salad Dressings & DipRecipes by Victoria• 26 Nut-Based Salad Dressing Recipes• 14 Avocado-Based Salad Dressing Recipes• 8 Fruit-Based & Veggie-Based Salad Dressing Recipes

• 26 Vegetable Main Dish Recipes by Victoria• 4 True Transition Recipes by a Former Hygienic Doctor• 4 True Transition Recipes that Conserve Energy by Dr.

Alan Goldhamer• 5 Morning Meals — Just for Kids by Jean Oswald• 6 Joy to You! Recipes by Joy Gross• 4 of T.C.’s Favorites by T.C. Fry• 3 Recipes from Brown BagWell & StayWell!• 25 Fruit Main Dish Recipes by Victoria• 27 D. Nelson Recipes from Food Combining Simplified


ELEVEN: Page 281 to Page 302THE YEAR IN LIVE-FOOD HOLIDAY MENUS

ALL MENUS SERVE 8 - 10 CELEBRANTS!• The 4 Course Easter Day Menu• The 4 Course Mother’s Day Menu• The 4 Course Father’s Day Menu• The 4 Course Fourth of July Menu• The 7 Course Thanksgiving Day Menu• The 7 Course Christmas Day Menu• The 7 Course New Year’s Day Menu

CHAPTER TWELVE: Page 303 to Page 342THE HEALTH SEEKER’S HERITAGE

• An 1823 Onward Time Line— As Seen by Hygienic Historian Victoria BidWell

• SAD-SAP Exorbitance VS Hygiene Economics— An Exposé on How to Save Thousands of Dollars a Yearby Living Hygienically• Large Increase in “Health” Costs Is Predicted• The Greater Part of The SAD Food Dollar• Where Your Junk Food Dollar Goes• SAD Foods Keep Costing You Money Again & Again!• Americans Told to Eat Less Fat• The SAD, Meat-Based Diet Is SAD-SAPping the World!

(Statistics gathered by John Robbins)• Letter from I. Am Absurd• Economics & Politics of Tobacco• The Salt Conspiracy

• Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television• Television Is Fattening! View at Your Own Risk!• The Anecdotal Evidence

for the Elimination of Television• The Physiological Evidence

for the Elimination of Television• The Four Arguments for TV Elimination by Jerry Mander• “Just Imagine” by Jerry Mander• Television Withdrawal for Health Seekers• I'm Mad as Hell: I’m Not Going to Take It, Anymore!

• The 7th Stage: The Death of a Mother• The Happy, Hygienic Life-Extension of a Father• “Miss Liberty” & Dr. GetWell’s Book of Nursery Rhymes

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Page 343 to 390YEAR IN “IDEAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT”: AGREAT QUOTE FOR EACH DAY OF THE YEAR!Wisdom, Excitement & Inspiration for each day of the yearfrom Hygienically minded women and men throughout his-tory are offered to joyfully nourish the intellect, emotions &spirit! • January Smorgasbord • February Feast • The MarchMorsels • April Appetizers • The May Menu • The JuneSampler • The July Jubilation • The August Ambrosia • TheSeptember Tidbits • The October Hors d’oeuvres • TheNovember Nibblets • The December Delectables •

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Page 391 to 464APPENDIX, INDEX

& COMMON HEALTH SENSE SOURCEBOOK• A List of References Consulted in the Preparation of TheHealth Seekers’ YearBook

• A Health Seeker’s Primer to Define “Proteins,Carbohydrates & Fats”

• The Eating Right Pyramid• www.fastingbydesign.com: Dr. Scott’s Website• The GetWell★StayWell 6-Week Natural Detox Program• The Hygiene Joy Smile• The Eating Right Pyramid• The GetWell★StayWell 6-Week Detox Program• GetWell★StayWell Affirmations for Americans!• A 42-Point Definition of “Hygiene Joy!”• The 3 Newest Sciences of “The Mind-Body Connection”• Laughter: The Bubbling Music on The Hygiene Joy Way!• The Best Model VITA-MIX 5200 & Victoria’s Code• The Only Juicer Victoria Uses: The Champion• The BodySlant for Passive, Lymphatic Exercise• The Natural Weight-Loss System “Table of Contents”• 3-Page Summary Order Form for The 63 Great & Yummy

GetWell Edibles• “The Table of Contents” for Issues 1 - 4 of Common Health

Sense & the Many Questions that Get Answered• The Top 10 Events to Further

The Natural Hygiene Movement since 1900!• The Classic Ad for 2 BOOKS IN 1: The Health Seekers’

YearBook With THE BEST of Common Health Sense• Benefits of Fasting in the Case of Cardiovascular Disease• 7 Crucial Excerpted Pages from the Complete 14-Page

GetWell★StayWell, America! BookList Order Form• PRAISE REPORTS from The Practitioners & The People

for The Health Seekers’ YearBook Collected in 1990• Introducing Ken & Sandra Chin: Benefactors to The World• New Millennium Headquarters for GetWell★StayWell,

America!: The HighJoy Homestead• Guesthouse & Schoolhouse for GetWell★StayWell,

America!: Our Hygiene Homestead in The Woods• SAD Terrorism VS Genesis 1:29ism• The Live Food Factor with 2,400 Hours of Victoria’s Best• HighJoy’s Homesteader Sampler: 22 Great & Yummy

Raw Samples & 3 Cooked from The Summary Order Form• The Homesteader Bar Box of 46 Sweet Treats• The 5 Flavors of GetWell★StayWell, America!

Seasonings: Veggie Volt! • Tomato Bolt! • Ginger Jolt! •Instead of Coffee • Victory Veggie Vittles Meal •

• Order Form for 27 Long-Lost-&-Live Dr. Shelton Lectures• Captain HighJoy America! Teaches Natural Hygiene to

Americans!• The Index to The Health Seekers’ YearBook• Final Words from Victoria & Dr. Shelton• A Warning from Dr. Shelton for Our Careful Consideration


of Cof Cof Cof Cof COMMON HEALTH SENSEOMMON HEALTH SENSEOMMON HEALTH SENSEOMMON HEALTH SENSEOMMON HEALTH SENSE

DEDICATION — To All Common Health Sense #5 & #6 Supporters ..................... “Ode to An American Health Revolutionist” ................................................................TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................“The Star-Spangled Banner” ...........................................................................................The Message and The Promise of Natural Hygiene ....................................................Thomas Paine: Our Common Health Sense Inspiration! .............................................Dr. Vetrano Welcomes You to Common Health Sense in The Spirit of ’76! ............THE BOTTOM LINES for Hygienic Menstruation & Hygienic Menopause ........The Great American Health Revolution Is ALIVE & WELL — REALLY WELL!“The Energy Enhancers” & “The Energy Robbers” ....................................................“The 22 Essentials of Health” Formulated by T.C. Fry ...............................................Dr. Shelton & Victoria Define “NATURAL HYGIENE” as... “The Superlative,

Alternative Health Care System!” .......................................................................You’d Better Turn Yourself Around & Get While The Gettin’s Good!” .................More on Energy Enhancer #1 — Cleanliness via Hygienic Fasting .........................“I GOTWELL BY FASTING!” — 5 Stories ...............................................................Don’t Become One of The Degenerate Norm! ..............................................................Questions on Energy Enhancer #1 — Cleanliness via Hygienic Fasting ................Energy Enhancers #4 — Adequate Rest & Sleep: Are They The Missing Energy

Enhancers in Your Life? ........................................................................................Energy Enhancers #4 — Full Recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome! ..............The Highway from Hell VS. The Hygiene Joy Way! ..................................................Energy Enhancer #8 — Regular Exercise .......................................................................More on Energy Enhancer #8 — Regular Exercise from The U.S. Surgeon GeneralEnergy Enhancer #5 — Genuine Fruitarianism: Eat Veggies, Nuts & Seeds, Too!Energy Enhancer #5 — How to Enjoy “Eating Sensationally!” .................................Energy Enhancer #5: Let Us Eat Only When There Is... “Genuine Hunger!” ........Energy Enhancer #5: Questions & Answers on SAD Condiments & The Ideal DietEnergy Enhancer #5: Natural Hygiene VS. Vegetarianism & Raw Foodism .........Energy Enhancer #5: Mother & Child Questions & Answers on The Hygienic DietRAW RECIPES FOR THE REVOLUTION! — BEYOND THE YEARBOOK ....SATAN’S COUNTERFEIT FOODS VS. GOD’S GARDEN OF EDEN FOODS ...MORE RAW RECIPES FOR THE REVOLUTION! .....................................................A Health Revolution Is Needed! & “Health for The Millions!” ...............................More “Health Nuts” Join Our GetWell★StayWell, America! Crusade! .................“THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH, DEAR JOHN BARDARO!” ..............................Dr. Shelton’s “THANK YOU!” to John Wayne ............................................................THE MIGHTY WORK AHEAD! .....................................................................................GOD... Is Blessing You Right NOW! .............................................................................

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BOOK 2 of 2 BOOKS IN 1:With THE BEST

of Common Health Sense

• Common Health Sense Title Page

• Common Health Sense Dedication Page

• Common Health Sense Mission Statement

• “Ode to An American Health Revolutionist”

• The Message & The Promise of Natural Hygieneby Dr. Shelton

• In Remembrance of Thomas Paine:Alias “The Forester”

• Victoria BidWell: Alias “Dr. GetWell”

• Dr. Vetrano’s “Welcometo the Common Health Sense Magazine!”

• THE BOTTOM LINE on Hygienic Menstruation

• THE BOTTOM LINE on Hygienic Menopause

• The Great American Revolution Is... ALIVE & WELL!”

• An All-Important Qualification Regarding the Use ofthe Terms: “The Energy Enhancers” & “The EnergyRobbers”

• The 22 Essentials of Health by T.C. Fry

• Dr. Shelton & Victoria Define “Natural Hygiene”as “The Superlative, Alternative Health Care System”

• Just What Natural Hygiene Is & Just What NaturalHygiene Is Not

• The Superlative of All Health Care Systems Must BeCoeval with Life!

• The Superlative of All Health Care Systems Must BeTimeless!

• The Superlative of All Health Care Systems Must BeUniversally Valid!

• “Natural Hygiene” Is Not the Generic Term “Hygiene”as Used by The Medicine Men

• Modern Natural Hygiene Is an... “In The Beginning...”Revival!

• A Valid System of Natural Hygiene• A Superlatively True Science of Life• A Genuine Hygienist• The Hygienic Factors of Life

• Every Factor Element,Every Energy Enhancer of Hygiene Is Vitally Important!

• A Rational Natural Hygiene Is Multi-Dimensional, Builton All The 10 Energy Enhancers as a Way of Life!

• There Are No Substitutes for The 10 Energy Enhancers• In a Broad Sense, It May Be Said: “There Are 2 Ways of

Life: The Hygienic Way of Life & The Unhygienic Wayof Life!”

• Closing Notes from Dr. Shelton & Victoria

• You Better Turn Yourself Around& Get Hygienic While The Gettin’s Good

• More on Energy Enhancer #1 — Cleanliness of BodilyTissues & Fluids via Hygienic Fasting

• 5 “I GotWell by Fasting!” Stories• No More Insulin! No More Cigarettes:

The Joseph Sarelli Story• Healed of Bronchectiasis: The Archie Larson Story• Health Recovered at 89: The Alfred Moses Paul Story• I Bypassed Heart Surgery with Fasting & Right Foods:

The Rob McKinney Story• A Very Sick Doctor Gets Very Well! First a Skeptic —

Then a Believer: The Philip Raschid Story

• Don’t Become One of The Degenerate Norm!

A DETAILED, ARTICLE-BY-ARTICLE

TABLE OF CONTENTS❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦

NOTE: TITLES IN BOLD ARE MAIN ARTICLES.

ITEMS NOT IN BOLD ARE SUBTOPICS OF MAIN ARTICLES.

• Would fasting once a week improve my eyesight andhelp my hair grow and help me overcome a chronicconstipation and improve my memory?

• Please comment on the possibility of dehydration, evenwhile drinking distilled water while on a fast.

• Carlton Fredericks insists that fasting reduces musclemass, not fat. What is the truth?

• Please differentiate between these terms: “cysts,”“polyps,” and “tumors.”

• Can cysts be absorbed through fasting?• Down to what weight can most people fast?• What exactly is the coating on the tongue of a fasting

patient composed of?• What are your feelings about “a mono-eliminating diet,”

such as oranges or grapefruit?• A friend’s 12-year old child cannot hold down food.

Would a long fast help her?• Is there any method of dealing with periodontal disease

and loosening of the teeth? Is fasting beneficial?• Can fasting help heal some scar tissue and make cysts

and bumps caused by accidents go away?• You say: “When tumors are excised, they are more likely

to grow again.” Could you please explain why?• How effective is fasting in prostate enlargement? What

is the effect of surgery? When is it needed?• When prostate trouble has advanced to the point where

urination is impossible, are there any emergencymeasures that can be taken, other than rushing a personto the hospital to have a tube inserted to avoid fatal acuteretention of the urine?

• What is more likely to occur towards the end of a fast?Will the tongue clear before hunger returns? Or willhunger return before the tongue clears?

• When fasting, how should one be certain that he shouldbegin eating after he thinks his reserves are gone but histongue is not yet clear? Will natural hunger be presenteven if his tongue is not clear?

• Energy Enhancers #4: ADEQUATE REST & SLEEP— Are They... “THE MISSING ENERGY ENHANC-ERS” in Your Life? by Dr. Vetrano with Victoria

• Get Out of Bed in the Morning... “WITH A BOUNCE!”• Sleep is... “LIFE’S GREAT BLESSING!”• The Priceless Benefits of Rest & Sleep• Use Your Common Health Sense• If Sacrifice Sleep You Must — Guidelines• The Stimulation Junkie Syndrome• How to Capture This “Missing Energy Enhancer”

• Full Recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome!(Or... How to GetWell & Then Get... “On the Road Againwith Hygiene Joy!”)

• The Used Car Mentality• “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” — Defined by M.D.s


• Specialists at the Center for Disease Control Ask:“Do You Have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?”— An 11-Point Assessment

• “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” —Defined by The Hygienic Mentality

• The Hygienic Answer to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome• Energy Enhancers #4 — Adequate Rest & Sleep• Nature’s Finest Reward

• The Highway from Hell VS. The Hygiene Joy Way! —Just a Reminder: “Disease Is a Process...”So Is Getting Well! And So Is Staying Well!

• A Warning from Dr. Vetrano• A Road Map from Victoria

• Energy Enhancer #8 — Regular Exercise: InspirationsExcerpted from Dr. Shelton’s Volume IV of The HygienicSystem: Exercise! (Formally titled: Orthokineseology)

• More on Energy Enhancer #8 — Regular Exercise• The Surgeon General’s Historical Warnings• The Surgeon General’s Prescription• Benefits of Moderate Exercise, Taken Daily

• Setting the T.C. Fry All-Fruit Misteachings Straight:GENUINE FRUITARIANISM: The Ecological, Sociable,Satisfying Diet — Eat Your Veggies, Nuts & Seeds, Too!by Dr. Vetrano

• “Genuine Fruitarianism” — Defined• Pitfalls of “The All-Fruit Diet”

— or — Symptoms of Chronic Protein Deficiency• Kwashiorkor: Protein Deficiency Disease of Infants &

Young• Marasmus: Deficiency of Both Protein & Calories in

Young• Protein Deficiency & Malnutrition• What Are “Proteins”?• The 3 Classes of Protein Use

• #1 — Proteins for Maintenance & Growth• #2 — Proteins for Regulation of Body Processes• #3 — Proteins, Carbohydrates & Fats for Energy

• The Hygienic Diet & Protein• Sources of Protein on The Hygienic Diet• A Case History of Protein Deficiency• The Protein Needs of the Body• The Digestion of Nuts & Seeds• “BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING.”

• How to Enjoy... “Eating Sensationally!”by Dr. Vetrano with Victoria

• Do We Actually Enjoy Mealtimes to the Very Acme ofTheir Possible Sensational Delights?

• Remember “The Good” in “The Good, Old Days!”• Count Your Blessings!• Sight! Sound! Touch! Taste! Smell!• Chew! Chew! Chew! Chew! Chew x 32!


• Let Us Eat Only When There Is Genuine Hunger!by Dr. Vetrano with Victoria

• Start at Once These 2 Practices• What Is “Genuine Hunger”?• What “Genuine Hunger” Is Not• We Can Learn from Animals in the Wild• Stop Snacking!• How Do I Go About Recognizing Genuine Hunger

If I Don’t Know What It Feels Like?• The Incredible Lightness of Just Being!

• Questions & Answers on All Sad Condiments& The Ideal Diet by Dr. Vetrano with Victoria

• Are all of those tasty condiments out there on the shelvesreally bad for me? Some of these would surely makestaying on The Ideal Diet more “doable”!

• For the transitional or semi-Hygienic diet, which kind ofsalad dressing would be the best to have?

• Is it really that bad to keep using the salt shaker?

• “Natural Hygiene” VS. Vegetarianism & Raw Foodismby Dr. Shelton & Additions by Victoria

• Mother & Child Questions & Answersabout The Hygienic Diet! from Dr. Vetrano

• My child and I both love yogurt. Do you approve ofyogurt? And may we use clabber or sour milk?

• As a busy and sometimes stress-out mother, I enjoy acup of tea. Why shouldn’t Hygienists use herb teas?

• Please recommend best times for exercising, resting,sunbathing, and bathing in relationship to meals.

• Are nut butters beneficial?• My family is clamoring for warm foods on cold days!

What hot fruits and vegetables are permitted on TheHygienic Diet? It is below freezing here!

• I am confused. I am trying to feed my baby according toPure Hygiene: but recently, I was told that my babyshould have blended salads, nut butters, and fruit juices.

• As a mother, please educate me: Explain the meaning ofthe word “ash” in relation to organic minerals containedin foods. How do minerals turn into ash? What is theirmetabolic function? And how is the alkalinity or acidityof a food determined?

• Then, please explain what is meant by “oxidation” whenfood is exposed to the air. Also, what is meant by“oxidation” after a food is ingested?

• Are dried foods okay for my family? What about driedfoods and their needed soaking time? What is yourpreferred way of rehydrating dried fruit?

• What about grains and breads in the diet? My children,my husband, and I are Italian! How can we get awaywithout bread? I bake my own bread and needsandwiches for school lunches!

• When pregnant or nursing, are 2 meals a day enough?How many ounces of nuts a day is good?

• How do you feed a 2-year old nuts? She doesn’t chewthem very well. Is sweetened nut milk acceptable? Howmany ounces are advisable?

• I have become pregnant while nursing another child. Isit safe to continue nursing through pregnancy and thennurse both, afterwards?

• My kinds aren’t fond of lettuce. Is it important for themto eat it? Any suggestions on how to get them to eat it?They will eat it occasionally wrapped around cucumberspears when they see me do it.

• RAW RECIPES FOR THE REVOLUTION!• How to Order “A #1 Best Seller” — Raw Eating• Arnold Shircliffe Tidbits for Salad Lovers• Victoria’s Secret Touches for “Perfectly Prepared,

Hygienized & All-Raw Recipes!”• The Food Combining Rules — Summarized• A New Bookful of 85 Perfectly Prepared, Hygienic &

All-Raw Recipes for You!• 10 Guidelines for Enjoying A Book of Salads Recipes• 42 Recipes Hygienized for GetWell Friends: Beverages

Poured Straight from The VITA-MIX Book!• The Fabulous Fruit Freezy Formula!• More Sweet Ways to Fill Your Sugar Bowl with Health!• What Do You Do with an Overabundance of... “Berries

from Heaven?”• Victoria’s Nut Milk Secrets!• 24 Hygienized Fruit & Veggie Recipes: Straight from

the Pages of Better Homes & Gardens• 15 Playful... Garnishes! Garnishes! Garnishes!• 12 Delightfully Garnished Veggie Recipes• 16 Recipes from Rhoda’s Hygienic UnCook Book• Enjoy The New World of Columbus Creams!• Christopher Columbus’ Endless Cookie Formula• The Passionate PurpleBerry Blitz!• The Wonderful WaterBerry Blitz!• 12 of Arnold’s Way Cafe Favorites• 17 Delicious Dishes from Dr. Doug Graham’s The

High Energy Diet Recipe Guide• 16 Recipes from David Klein’s Your Natural Diet:

Alive, Raw Foods!

• “A Health Revolution Is Needed!” by Dr. Shelton

• “Health for The Millions!” by Dr. Shelton

• 2 More Health Nuts Visit HighJoy & Victoria

• “Thank You Sooooo Much, Dear John Bardaro!”

• “A Thank You! to John Wayne” by Dr. Shelton

• “The Mighty Work Ahead” by Dr. Shelton

• Natural Hygiene Is... The Superlative, AlternativeHealth Care System!

• We Are Dedicated to... A Healthy Life, Liberty,The Pursuit of Happiness, and to... Hygiene Joy!

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