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“I see little hope for a nation that values the health of its livestock more than that of its people....Farmers are not criticized for routinely giving their (live)stock nutritional supplements....superior to any sold for humans...Millions of families could plant home gardens if they truly wanted health. Refined food are practically unknown in Russia. The life expectancy of the 40-year-old American is near the lowest in the world.”

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Adelle Davis

Adelle Davis, born on February 25, 1904, was a renowned nutritionist and author in the United States. Her works had a profound impact on American dietary culture in the mid-20th century, advocating for balanced diets and natural therapies. Adelle Davis passed away on May 31, 1974. more

“Touch was important. The evening of the Third of July we would go around the neighborhood and look at the fireworks others had bought, taking them out of the brown paper sack and handling them cautiously as if they were precious stones. There was envy when we saw sacks with more in them than we had.”

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Author:Paul Engle

“...the NCI...Annual planning Project Requirements (says that) by July 1, 1975, it is estimated that 670,000 people in the US will be working on cancer.”

People Age Dark Projects Cancer Medical Planning Requirements July Dark Ages Annuals

Author:June Goodfield

“...Lag...occurred between an initial discovery and its effective clinical application. We analyzed 111 such lags: 8% amounted to 0.1 to 1 year; another 18% were 1 to 10 years; 17% (lagged) 11-20 years;...39% (lagged) 21-50 years; only 18% required more than 50 years for application.”

Years Age Dark Discovery Medical Application Initials Dark Ages Clinicals Lag

Author:Julius H. Comroe, Jr.

“...One of the side effects of (surgery, anesthesia,) X-ray..., and chemotherapy, is the suppression...of the patient's immunological defenses...A simple cold often leads to the death from pneumonia - and ('pneumonia') is what appears on the death certificate, not cancer.”