DNA or Fasting Path

DNA: How the Biotech Revolution Is Changing the Way We Fight Disease

Author: Frank H Stephenson

Foreword by Herbert Boyer, Founder of Genentech

In the fall of 2005, leading scientists from the National Cancer Institute announced the beginning of the cancer genome atlas project, a large-scale endeavor to map every gene implicated in cancer and the first step toward development of new therapies for treating this still baffling disease. This spin-off of the human genome project is only the latest exciting research advance in a decades-long quest to fully understand the biochemistry of the human body and thereby gain insights into the secrets of health, disease, and aging. Biochemist and veteran lab researcher Frank H. Stephenson tells the compelling story of how scientists on many fronts are succeeding in the battle against disease. With a gift for making the complexities of genetics and biochemistry understandable to the average reader, Stephenson offers a fascinating tour of the mechanisms of our body and the therapeutic techniques that are gaining in sophistication and effectiveness every year. From heart disease to AIDS and cancer, he helps you understand how the tools of biotechnology are being used to combat our most common afflictions. Stephenson examines a wide variety of health threats and illnesses: HIV infection, the many forms of cancer, asthma, diabetes, Alzheimer's, obesity, and even erectile dysfunction. Each is discussed in terms of its root cause and treatment in plain, jargon-free language that not only educates but also entertains. This is the ideal primer on the biotechnology revolution for the layperson. Stephenson offers many insights into both the diseases that destroy health and the great promises that biotechnology offers for preserving andprolonging a healthy life.

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Fasting Path

Author: Stephen Harrod Buhner

A centuries-old tradition, fasting has long been recognized for its ability to increase one's sensitivity to the nonmaterial world, to enhance one's personal experience of the sacredness of the self and the universe, and to help one regain a sense of orientation and purpose.

In order to be truly transformed, you must first empty yourself. Use The Fasting Path as your guide to help you fully experience the deep and intricate relationship of the mind, the body, and the spirit world.

Table of Contents:

	Preface	xiii
	A Note to the Reader: About Water and Juice Fasting	xv
1	On Fasting and the Spiritual Life	1
2	Spiritual Fasting and Detoxification	17
3	Emotional Fasting and Detoxification	35
4	Physical Fasting and Detoxification	61
5	Preparing for the Fast, Fasting, Breaking the Fast	109
6	Deepening the Fast	139
Appendix 1	A 10-Week, Low-Fat Cleansing Diet	155
Appendix 2	Juices for Fasting	161
	Resources	185
	Notes	187
	References	191
	Index	199