THE CHURCH OF GOLD

A Clear Mind Requires a Healthy Body

This page is really brand new, and will be under construction for a while. There are many things to say about a man's body, and even more to say about a woman's! (e.g.: Bravo!) Stay tuned for details from the marathon man who put on 100 pounds - and now has lost 65 of those pounds. Learn about fad diets.

Please share your thoughts on new age supplements. I'd really appreciate it if you would e-mail me your experiences (please!) especially with colloidal minerals and/or "super blue-green" algae.

Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw first influenced Harry through his interest in Life Extension, their most famous book and area of expertise. He was thrilled to find they too were involved with the Terra Libra movement (see links page) and campaign to get government out of our medicine chests, so we can take responsibility and make our own choices. They are a fascinating couple of geniuses.

As described on the "drugs" page, Harry had to figure out how to conquer his "Feast Beast," (a Rational Recovery concept) and give up his "Ice Cream Diet." He decided in February of 1998 to move into "The Zone" on a full-time basis.

For years Harry lived "clean and sober" yet with a feeling of hypocrisy because to the habit of staying up late, eating ice cream or other "goodies" and watching B movies or schlock television. Procrastination was built in, and he lived on "Someday Isle." He kept promising himself, "Someday I'll start eating right, be more faithful to my exercise program, and get more sleep."

PLEASE learn from his experience if you can. (Few of us are able to do so. Most of us have to learn the hard way.) After the first thirty pounds of UNEXPLAINED WEIGHT LOSS, Harry switched Doctors and found one who wouldn't ignore his blood sugar reading of 300+. Now Harry is eating according to "The Zone" with total dedication. His initial diagnosis of hyperglycemia could have quickly escalated to full-blown diabetes. Our actions have consequences!

The MIRACULOUS Recovery Ability of your body is a gift you take for granted at great risk. Sometimes you can luck out, even after all forms of abuse. Harry's Bastille Day, 1998, physical revealed that in eight months he had brought his cholesterol down from 285 to 171 and his triglycerides from 866 to 92. Much of this can be attributed to Barry Sears' The Zone and to the daily use of soy protein. His fasting glucose is still a bit high, at 132 (actions having consequences again) but that is a far cry from the life-threatening 314 reading of the preceding November.

Harry has also re-commenced a program of heavyhands walking and weight training to get back his youthful body. Progress reports will follow. Speaking of his youthful body, at age 17 Harry was a recreational bodybuilder and professional lifeguard lettering in football, wrestling and track. All that work paid off:

Harry The Jungle Lord (1965 photo)

Please pardon the quality of the picture, it was scanned from an old photocopy of an old photograph, since lost.

Harry on the Varsity Football Team (1964 photo)

Smells fine, looks kind of damp!

What follows was written in 1996. As the Internet and e-mail mythology became more common, a widespread rumor alleged that antiperspirants cause cancer. Harry never worried about that, but did offer the following:

One of Harry's favorite, possibly neurotic hang-ups is his refusal to use antiperspirants as part of his personal grooming. He believes we are evolved to sweat, and need to do so to remain healthy, especially if we exercise. Problem is, the manufacturers seem to keep introducing more and more antiperspirants and dropping the best plain deodorants. Harry checks every store he enters, just in case they have a leftover cache of "Sport Talc" deodorant, without the "unnatural" additives. "Pores are meant to breathe - and SWEAT!"

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