Originally posted by Mary Rose
She ended up doing her own research and found the book Fit for Life by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond. She said that this book taught her about Natural Hygiene and carrying out the recommendations in the book made it possible for her to heal herself. Basically what it amounts to is a healthy diet.

I was inspired by this so I ordered a copy of the book.

I'm in the process of reading it now and I'm impressed with what it says about two things.

First - water. It says that our bodies are 70% water and that instead of focusing on drinking water to be healthy, we should eat foods that are high in water content: fruits and vegetables. The book is saying that our meals should be 70% raw fruits and vegetables - raw so that we don't kill the enzymes and nutrients.

Second - food combining. The book is saying that we should only eat one non-high water content food per meal. Those include meat, grains, and dairy. A cooked potato would also be included because when you cook it you remove the moisture from it. Anyway, it's saying the non-high water content foods are harder for us to digest and that's why we should only eat one per meal. The book focuses on the high amount of energy we consume digesting food, and the problem of putrefaction and fermentation when food doesn't get digested properly.

I think this stuff really interesting.