The Great American Rat Experiment: Raw Food vs the Cooked American Diet is an Amazing Story about a Study that was Done with Rats Only to Discover Some Interesting Theories about Health & Disease…Very Similar to What We are Seeing in America Today. Seeing this Gives Me Hope that Eating Right Might Actually be the Natural Medicine We Need to Bring Health to Our Mind & Bodies in a Simple Way.
It has been found that a group of rats were fed diets of Raw Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts & Whole Grains from birth grew into completely healthy specimens & never suffered from any disease. They were never ill. They grew rapidly, but never became Fat, Mated with Enthusiasm & had Healthy Offspring. They were always gently Affectionate & Playful & lived in perfect harmony with each other. Upon reaching an old age, equivalent to 80 years in humans, these rats were put to death & autopsied. At that advanced age their Organs, Glands, Tissues & all Body Processes appeared to be in perfect condition without any sign of aging or deterioration.
A 2nd companion group of rats were fed a diet comparable to that of the average American & included White Bread, Cooked Foods, Meats, Milk, Salt, Soft Drinks, Candies, Cakes, Vitamins & Other Supplements, Medicines for their ailments, etc. During their lifetime these rats became Fat & from the earliest age, contracted most of the diseases of modern
American society including Colds, Fever, Pneumonia, Poor Vision, Cataracts, Heart Disease, Arthritis, Cancer & many more.
Most of this group died prematurely at early ages but during their lifetime most of them were Vicious, Snarling Beasts, Fighting with one another, Stealing one another’s food & attempting to Kill each other. They had to be kept apart to prevent total destruction
of the entire group. Their offspring were all sick & exhibited the same general characteristics as the parents.
As this group of rats died one by one or in epidemics or various diseases, autopsies were performed revealing extensive degenerative conditions in every part of their bodies. All Organs, Gland & Tissues, were affected as were the Skin, Hair, Blood & Nervous System. They were all truly total physical & nervous wrecks. The same conditions existed in the few which survived the full duration of the experiment.
A 3rd companion group of rats was fed the same diet as the 2nd group to an age equivalent to about 40 years in humans. They displayed the same general symptoms of the 2nd group – being Sick & Vicious so that they had to be separated to prevent them from Killing each other & Stealing one another’s food.
At the end of this initial period all rats in this group were placed on a strict fast, with only water to drink for a period of several days. Then they received the Natural (Raw) Diet of the 1st group of rats. Their diet was alternated with periods of fasting & within 1 month the behavioral pattern had changed completely so that the now Docile, Affectionate, Playful Creatures were once again able to live together in a harmonious society & from this point on never suffered any illness.
Several rats were put to death & autopsied at the end of the initial period revealing the same general deterioration as that exhibited in the 2nd group of rats. However, the remaining rats lived out the full duration of the experiment, to the equivalent of 80 years in humans, & when they were autopsied their were no signs of aging of deterioration of disease – just as those in the 1st group. The obvious disease, degeneration & deterioration of the body parts evident in the 1st half of life had been completely reversed & excellent health restored.
The same principles apply to human life as there is only 1 Truth. This it may be concluded that sick people may be restored to health simply by choosing the Proper Diet, Fasting, & Observing the Other Rules of Health. There is no mystery. There is no external force that will help – all healing being accomplished within the body by the body in accordance with the Laws of Organic Life & Health.
Excerpt from the book Goldat by Lewis E Cook Jr & Junkp Yasui
