Polarity Diet

which is the slumbering fiery force, like a motive power, in all seeds. This is demonstrated clearly where a sprout makes room for itself among rocks and even under concrete. It is the fine essence which demonstrates its living power over a lower vibration of inert mass.

The more stimulating fiery foods are most spices, as well as garlic, leek, onions, ginger and the pepper variety of foods. These foods are indicated as a tonic for the circulation, stimulating the fiery nature of the blood for more warmth and action. Among the stimulating beverages are black coffee and tea, having a natural astringent factor. They are classified under the bitter quality. The stimulants act as a lift in low places of the vital economy and should be used accordingly.

3 - The WATERY element in solid foods is distinguished by saltiness, like the sea water. All the vegatable [vegetable] varieties of leafy things have much water in them and the addition of a small amount of salt is needed for proper digestion and assimilation.^[1] That is why the deer and other herbivorous animals in general run for miles to a salt lick, in spite of the danger of being killed there.^[2] But, again, it is the inner urge of Polarity forces which is even more powerful than the fear of death.

Celery tastes decidedly salty if a person bas not used table salt for a while. It is the sodium in the celery which gives it the salty flavor. This is lacking in grasses and that is why herbivorous animals crave salt as a necessary part of the watery element in their diet. In certain diseases, such as high blood pressure and dropsy [edema], where the watery element is in excess in the body, a salt-free diet is definitely indicated. Even the use of celery, cucumbers, etc. are excluded in cancer diets because cancer is pre-eminently a cold, watery disease.

The watery foods are the leafy vegatables [vegetables], melons, cucumbers, squash, pumpkin, and the water-containing fruits. Milk is also a watery food and therefore causes mucous [mucus] to form if taken by adults because they do not have the rennet in their stomachs to make cheese out of it and then digest it as a solid protein as all sucklings do.

In diseases of the skin and mucous [mucus] membranes, foods containing the watery element, which act on the kidneys, should be given. The succulent and leafy vegetables, berries, fruits and melons supply this element in the body's economy. The point here is to flush the accumulated sediments from the membranes.

4 - The EARTHY element in foods is characterized by sweetness. Fats, starches and sugars compose most of this category. The tuber variety of foods which grow underground belong to this earthy classification. Carbon is the element of the earth and adds weight in the foods which contain it in large quantities. It is easily assimilated and slower in elimination. The carbohydrates and hydrocarbons come under this group.

Sweet foods, like honey and sugar containing fruits, come under the earth and water elements in the process of assimilating them into the bloodstream. These two elements join in the circulation as liquids and semi-solids.

Our constitution craves and attracts what we wish to build up or store in the body as essential elements or tissues. For future use it is stored as fat, to be liberated as fuel when needed. If not used, it is a dead weight of earth as carbon.

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¹ Salt also stimulates salivation. Increased saliva more efficiently breaks down food in the mouth, making it more ready for digestion in the stomach and gut.
² Sodium and chlorine are not found in high amounts in most plant food sources. Sodium is necessary to maintain proper blood pH and as a transporter for glucose and amino acids. Chlorine also plays a major role in blood pH balance and in the production of gastric enzymes. Symptoms of salt deficiency include muscle cramps and lowered food intake.