THE WATER OF LIFE - Thought for Food

esultant flowers are the most fragrant, the fruits the sweeter, and the
trees the healthier. On the other hand, where the soil is for some
reason deprived of those chemical substances produced by the dead
leaves, etc., then the trees which grow in that soil are disfigured by
excrescences, which I think, quite aptly have been called tree‐cancers.
What we are accustomed to regard as useless dead leaves are the very
opposite of useless and should be dug back into the soil instead of
being swept away by the gardener. Let those who challenge this
statement taste the Iceni Produce, grown from soil treated on the
principle that all that comes from the soil should be put back into the
soil, and they will soon be convinced that the principle is a correct one.
The idea that Nature is wasteful is erroneous. She only appears
wasteful to us because we do not understand her. The rotting dead
leaves provide the most valuable mineral salts for the soil‐one of the
most essential being potash. Even the ashes of burnt dead leaves and
burnt wood (charcoal) are of great value. Therefore why should a
principle which applies throughout Nature not apply (with certain
reservations) to the human body? This question is the more readily
answered if we consider the constituents of urine.
Yet before doing so, something should be said about the unreliability of
urine analysis as a means of diagnosis. Though urine‐analysis is still a
practice among orthodox doctors, it has been found that the elements
in and general condition of urine depend far more on the character of
the food and drink taken by the, patient than on any fancied or real
disease condition. Even the presence of sugar can no longer be
regarded as an infallible sign of diabetes. This I have proved to my own
satisfaction by taking for a day nothing but drinks made of chemical
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