michaelsharrington (Hridayam)

n 1910 Dr. Norman Walker, a natural healer and educator, founded the Norwalk Laboratories of Nutritional Chemistry and Scientific Research. Doctor Walker (1885-1984) devised the first electric vegetable juicer in 1930. The manual juicing methods of the time were inefficient and wasted many of the vital nutrients and enzymes. His invention of the Triturator Juicer, became known as the Norwalk Press Juicer.  This was an early version of what is still considered the best juicer on the market, the Norwalk 280.

Doctor Walker’s early research on therapeutic juicing has stood the test of time. His research produced a book, ‘Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices’ which details a scientific way to juice for particular health concerns. For instance, someone with arthritis would drink (several hours apart 30 minutes before meals) one pint of formula 22 (grapefruit juice), one pint of formula 61 (10 oz carrot, 6 oz spinach) and one pint of formula 6 (celery).

Doctor Walker found that one needed to drink at least one pint a day of properly prepared juice to receive a noticeable health improvement. (He recommended that one cut out all sugar and processed flour products to optimize effectiveness but that the juicing therapy would still work as long as one did at least three pints a day for several months).

The Gerson Institute validated Doctor Walker’s research. (Doctor Gerson, a contemporary of Walker, created a well-known, heavily juice-dependent, natural cancer therapy). The Gerson researchers found that one must juice using a grinder and hydraulic press (not a centrifugal juicer which produces heat and electricity that damage the enzymes, extracts 25 percent less juice, and loses many essential nutrients). Further the Gerson Institute showed that when one did not drink the juice within 15 minutes, their cancer therapy was much less effective as seen through patient recovery rates, mostly due to loss of enzymes from oxidation.

Enzymes are not well understood in our culture. According to Dr. Walker, enzymes are “a intangible magnetic Cosmic Energy of Life Principle…involved in the action and activity of every atom in the human body…” Enzymes are sensitive to temperature and are altered above 118 degrees, and completely destroyed above 130 degrees.

Celery juice has been my go to juice for 5 months now. My body craves it like the holy grail. And finally, in the last weeks, the celery juice is paying real dividends in the realm of recovered physical vitality. I feel like I have been given a new lease on life. Can you say ecstatic?! I can and I do.

Yesterday, I actually did strenuous exercise for the first time in years, without feeling immediately-exhausted afterwards. One thing is for certain, vitality has suddenly returned and I am able to do things with a certain ease which has been sorely missing the last 3 years.

According to the well known Medical Medium, Anthony William:

“Celery is one of the most powerful anti-inflammatory foods, because it starves unproductive bacteria, yeast, mold, fungus, and viruses that are present in the body and flushes their toxins and debris out of the intestinal tract and liver.”

Anthony goes on to say that adding celery juice to your diet “is the best way to resolve ammonia permeability, an unrecognized condition in which ammonia gas seeps through the intestinal lining and causes health issues such as dental rot and brain fog.” These issues are called numerous names, like Leaky Gut, Irritable Bowel, constipation and the like.”

Celery has long been known as a potent alkalyzer in the digestive tract. Its high, naturally derived and incredibly complex array of sodium restores the entire gastrointestinal tract. Celery juice raises hydrochloric acid levels in the stomach, which diminish with normal aging and are greatly impaired in many chronic illnesses. Celery also restores adrenal function, hydrates the cells and calms the nervous system.

According to Dr. Norman Walker, inflammation, as in arthritis and almost every single physical ailment and illness, is linked to stored resentments.  Resentments and other negative emotional states are less known causative agents in many chronic illnesses. Dr. Walker also notes that celery juice can “raise your spiritual awareness.”

The emotional and spiritual link between foods is much less understood; some have said that crunchy food cravings relate to anger. The urge to eat gluten or wheat comes when one is filling ill at ease;  sugar cravings are related to excitement; chocolate is a way to feel sensual as a replacement for sexuality.  Likewise, drinking alcohol is an illusory way to feel self-acceptance and shield one from true intimacy; while fatty and fried food cravings may act as an insulator from the feeling of shame.

 As I stated in a book a few years back:

“Our systems are overloaded with poisons in the form of chemical toxins, putrefied and mucous encrusted bowels, regurgitated beliefs, and repetitive negative thinking. Somehow we have been duped and conditioned to accept these poisons as part of life. We are programmed to: imbibe various poisons as necessary evils essential to the journey, while abstaining from solid food, or juicing is considered dangerous. And what most people consider food is not, by definition, food at all. We have become so distanced from the natural, in all its subtle and solid forms. With juicing, detoxifying, and cleansing, you don’t poison yourself to release poison, you let go of what no longer serves and take in vital nutrients, enhancing the body’s ability to restore itself.

I can’t promise that celery juice will be your cure all, that bodily disruptions will evaporate instantly, nor will I say that no more delusions will bother you. I can vouch for the power of God’s grace and tell you that perseverance, sincerity, patience and juicing are resources on the journey to deeper wellness.