12 Steps to Whole Foods

GreenSmoothieGirl Resource Library
For Those Interested in Cleansing
Richard Anderson: Cleanse & Purify Thyself: Books 1 and 2
These books chronicle this naturopathic doctor's quest (because of his own desperate health situation) to find
exactly the right herbs for a thorough intestinal and parasite cleanse. He walked around in the mountains for
months, with a friend, experimenting. The commercial products I enthusiastically endorse (because I have
personally experienced the promised results, as well as studied the methodology) that resulted from Dr.
Anderson’s quest are the Arise & Shine cleanse, found in health food stores and at www.ariseandshine.com.
The products are high quality, and the cleanse truly delivers a comprehensive cleanup of the entire
gastrointestinal tract. Other cleanses I researched are lightweight compared to this one, and the nutritional
support is astonishing: I lived my normal, crazy-busy soccer mom/professor/entrepreneur life the entire time I
did the regimen, with plenty of energy. These books, too, contain graphic photos of actual eliminations from
cleanse patients.
Bernard Jensen: Dr. Jensen’s Guide to Better Bowel Care: A Complete Program for Tissue Cleansing
through Bowel Management
This is a must-read for anyone willing to face the fact that the average person is carrying 10 lbs. of impacted
fecal material. The last 25 pages are color photos of what those who undergo a colon cleanse actually eliminate,
and I am warning you that it may turn your stomach. However, it may also be just the motivation you need to
get rid of it. Great information can be found in this book from an early pioneer in health, healing, nutrition, and
cleansing. Dr. Jensen is a man who lived what he preached well into his 90s.
For Parents
Dr. Joel Fuhrman: Disease Proof Your Child
This is an excellent primer, a book to buy as a gift for people who love their children and want them to be
healthy. It explains why eating plants is our kids’ best protection against the modern plagues that have become
epidemics, and “your new cookbook” at the end is a good resource. I disagree with some of the ingredients
Fuhrman uses, such as canola mayo and lots of soy milk/cheese/etc., as well as his promotion of multivitamins,
but these are small issues considering the dramatic potential of this book for families.
Robert Mendelsohn, M.D.: How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor
This is an enlightening, if old, book by a renowned pediatrician who left a top hospital post after becoming
disgusted with the way modern medicine treats children. Dr. Mendelsohn led a research hospital in Chicago
until he became so disgusted and disenchanted with medical practices that he wrote this book that every parent
should read to understand why it’s so critical to not put blind faith in medicine. Some of the things I recall most
vividly is how he challenged the escalating trend of tonsils and adenoids being taken out of young boys, only to
find that these surgeries were truly unnecessary and risky for the patients but were needed to fill quotas for
medical residents’ requirements.
I learned from Dr. Mendelsohn that a fever is a natural, healthy way for the body to fight infection, and that
fever should not be “fought” or drugged. He put my mind at ease with statistics reassuring me that an out-of-
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