by Bonnie O’Sullivan

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . ." is how one of the greatest novels of English literature begins. The famous opening line of A Tale of Two Cities, written in 1859, has been used to describe countless situations since and is an excellent way to describe the situation we find ourselves in today regarding our health.

The "best"of our health situation is found in the research of drugless healing pioneers such as Dr. Hulda Regehr Clark, Dr. William Donald Kelley, Dr. Max Gerson, Dr. Linus Pauling, Dr. Royal Raymond Rife, Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, Dr. AbulKalam M. Shamsuddin, and David Hinkson, to name just a few.

The "worst" of our health situation is the lack of minerals in our diet.

"The alarming fact is that foods (fruits, vegetables and grains) now being raised on millions of acres of land that no longer contain enough of certain minerals are starving us — no matter how much of them we eat! No man today can eat enough fruits and vegetables to supply his system with the minerals he requires for perfect health because his stomach isn’t big enough to hold them!

"The truth is that our foods vary enormously in value, and some of them aren’t worth eating as food. Our physical well-being is more directly dependent upon the minerals we take into our systems than upon calories or vitamins or upon the precise proportions of starch, protein or carbohydrates we consume."

—Senate Document No. 264, 1936

It is an undisputed fact that over the past 64 years nothing has changed to improve the mineral content of our food. Continuous cropping and the ravages of pollution have robbed our soil of the minerals needed to sustain life.

"Civilization has been brought to the verge of extinction with virtually no knowledge of how to avoid it. The quality (health, vigor, intelligence, longevity, etc.) of all living things depends on the protoplasm of life in the soil and that depends on the availability of elements in the soil stone. As the various elements required by enzymes disappear from the soil, various body functions must inevitably fail, so that disease and malnutrition become the norm rather than the exception. It makes a clear picture of why all living things on earth have been slowly starving to death."

—Survival of Civilization by Hamaker & Weaver

Scientists have established that at least 24 mineral elements are indispensable for normal nutrition. They’re even more important than vitamins! Lacking vitamins, the body can make some use of minerals, but lacking minerals,Kraft vitamins are useless!

The following announcement was made in 1992:

"David Hinkson, founder of WaterQz, is proud to announce a major breakthrough never before offered anywhere — minerals essential to the human body in an ionic, angstrom size, water-soluble form."

David believes that the main criterion for proper absorption and utilization of all minerals is the size of the mineral. Through diligent and persistent experimentation he devised a process of turning pure minerals into ionic, angstrom size particles in a water-soluble solution that can be suspended in water. This complicated process liquefies the minerals to a state where, when dehydrated, they will grow crystals, which makes them identical to organic minerals. (When a plant processes minerals from the earth, the minerals end up in the crystalline form, which is another criterion necessary for the body to absorb and use minerals.)

David’s process is a highly technical, revolutionary new method. A laser is used to vaporize (98+%) pure minerals (from Atlantic Supply, Alpha Aesar, and jewelers) and the vapor is then trapped in the water. Each mineral has a personality of its own that presents unique problems that must be overcome during this process. At this stage the minerals are down to electron sized particles, thus becoming water-soluble. The water used for the suspension is drawn from a subterranean spring, distilled, then treated with ozone gas that assures that it is absolutely pure before the mineral solution is added. The result is 99.9999 percent pure water-soluble minerals in pure water, a colloidal mineral solution that the body can thrive on.

To test a mineral solution for particle size shine a laser pointer through it and if you see particles deflecting the light (the "Tindal Effect"), the mineral particles are too large for human absorption. WaterOz mineral solutions have such small mineral particles that they have no "Tindal Effect." (Please see order form to order a laser pointer.)

David believes that in the future, minerals that are angstrom size, water-soluble and able to grow crystals — and are therefore good for the body — will be given a different name than minerals that are too large, not truly water-soluble and unable to grow crystals — and are therefore bad for the body. For now, he calls them "organic."

We doubtless all have heard of the "colloidal mineral" craze associated with Dr. Joel Wallach. The Road To Health advocated Dr. Wallach’s "Mineral Toddy" (colloidal minerals leached from pre-historic vegetation) as it helped the body to conduct electricity. (While Zapping you can use a Trifield meter to test your conductivity level.)

So, what is the difference between colloidal minerals leached from pre-historic vegetation and ionic, angstrom size minerals (which are also considered colloidal)? Those of you who have listened to Dr. Joel Wallach’s tape, Dead Doctors Don’t Lie, may remember him saying that a person would typically absorb about 10% of the calcium in bone calcium supplements; about 35% from chelated calcium, but in the upper ninety percentile of colloidal minerals leached from pre-historic vegetation.

In 1992 David heard about Dr. Wallach’s colloidal minerals and after learning to make his own colloidal minerals from pre-historic vegetation he took them but found that they worked only moderately in some cases and in others, such as with copper, they were toxic. Through testing he discovered that the problem is that the colloidal mineral particles that have been leached from pre-historic vegetation are over a micron in size. The cells of the human body cannot absorb a mineral particle of micron size. (It would take one million (1,000,000) angstroms in a straight line to equal the size of one micron.)

David also learned that if the minerals ingested are needed by the body, but the body is not able to absorb them, the body will store them in the soft tissue of the body in the hopes that it will somehow be able to absorb them in the future. These stored minerals are considered toxic and contribute to health problems such as arthritis and heart disease.

After creating and taking the ionic, angstrom size, water-soluble form of minerals, David discovered that when the human body gets the right size minerals it will gradually let go of the stored, too-large-size minerals and health will return.

When you mix the WaterOz minerals together you run the risk of having them clump, which will make them unavailable to the body. Mixing them together immediately before drinking will not cause clumping. (You can test for clumping with a laser pointer.)

If you will not take them at all if you cannot mix them beforehand, prepare your recipe as often as possible (such as the night before). In the case of preparing them for someone else (such as once a week), please keep in mind that a few of the minerals do not store well at all when mixed with the other minerals (they clump together and you’ll soon see that they have dropped out of solution). They are gold, silver, platinum, iron and manganese. Always mix these in immediately before drinking or omit them.

WaterOz minerals are absorbed 100% percent by the body. They contain no mineral molecules too large for the body to absorb. However, when the body gets the right size minerals — and lets go of the stored, too-large size minerals — you may experience a "healing reaction" or feel worse before you feel better.

A mineral deficient body that suffers a trauma or exposure to toxins will cleanse itself and heal itself as much as possible and then postpone a complete healing until the needed minerals are available. Adding WaterOz minerals to your daily regime will cause your body to finish the healing process. When this happens you will feel, temporarily, almost as bad as you did during the healing period that followed the original trauma.

The severity and/or number of healing reaction(s) you will experience depends on how often your body has been exposed to toxins and/or been traumatized during your lifetime and how much detoxifying and healing the body accomplished at the time.

To help you "hang in there" during a healing reaction and continue with your mineral program, keep in mind that a reaction means you are succeeding in ridding your body of toxic minerals, chemicals, bacteria, viruses, and parasites and a much desired "healing" is taking place. Every drugless healing practitioner is well aware of the healing reaction phenomenon. The Cancer Clinics in Mexico explain to their patients that without a healing reaction within the first two weeks of the program they must be reevaluated for what could be causing the delay. (This could be from ingesting things that counteract the program or from using personal care items such as lotions, cosmetics, hair care items, etc. that interfere with the program, or not taking the prescribed amount of coffee enemas.) When a patient experiences a healing reaction the whole staff rejoices with the patient.

Since every disease takes time to develop, eliminating disease takes time, too. Hering’s Law of Cure states: "When we use the drugless healing arts, all illness is reversed and we go through a period in which we pick up again our old troubles. Thus, gradually, we reverse from the chronic stage of disease toward good health by entering a healing crisis when an acute stage has been reached, often the discharge stage."

The following was given to patients at the Gerson Cancer Clinic in 1982: "As a person continues on a improved diet and supplement program and gradually raises his or her food quality, interesting symptoms begin to appear. The body begins a process called retracing. The cellular intelligence reasons something like this: ‘Oh, look at all these fine materials coming in. How wonderful — now we have a chance to get rid of this old garbage and build a beautiful new house. Let’s get started immediately.’

"First the body begins to clean house — everywhere (this is when you are likely to have a healing reaction, sometimes called a healing crisis or a cleansing reaction). During this period, the body "removes the ashes from the furnace preparatory to getting a better fire." This first stage persists for a while and then the body begins to form and replace what was discarded; this is the second stage. The third stage is a build-up period (lean muscle mass and internal organ regeneration).

"At this point, much or more of the interfering wastes have already been discarded — the tissues that have been formed since the diet was raised in quality are more durable and do not break down easily. Also, new tissues are now being formed faster. This is due to the improved assimilation of nutrients that occurs when wastes have been removed and the necessary nutrients are available.

"Let’s return to the symptoms, which occur when a person begins a superior nutritional program. People who have had tendencies in the past to recurring skin rashes or eruptions will frequently tend to eliminate poisons and harmful drugs through the skin with new rashes or eruptions. If they go to a doctor now, who is not familiar with the aspect of nutrition, he or she will diagnose it as an allergy. The patient asks, "Why do I have a rash? I’m eating better now and than I ever did before and taking the best supplements in the world, and instead of getting better, I’m getting worse! They don’t understand that the body is "retracing." The body is getting more alive and active. It is throwing out poisons more rapidly now that the body has more power.

"With some, colds, which haven’t appeared for a long time, may occur or even fevers. This is nature’s way of house cleaning. Understand that these actions are constructive, even though unpleasant at the moment. Don’t — but don’t try to stop these symptoms by the use of drugs. These are not deficiency conditions or allergic manifestations — not if you are eating properly and taking your supplements.

"Headaches may occur at the beginning, there may be a short interval of bowel sluggishness, occasional diarrhea, feelings of tiredness and weakness, disinclination to exercise, nervousness, irritability, negativity or mental depression, frequent urination, etc. However, the great majority of people find their reactions tolerable and are encouraged to bear with them because of the many improvements which have already occurred and are becoming more evident with each day. This acts as an inspirational force to them.

"Don’t expect to go on an ascending scale of quality of life — expecting that improving your diet will make you feel better and better each day until you reach perfection. The body is cyclical in nature, and health comes in a series of gradually diminishing flare-up cycles. For example, you start a better diet and for awhile you feel much better. After some time a symptom occurs, you may feel nauseous for a day and have diarrhea with a foul-smelling stool. After a day, you feel even better than before and all goes well for awhile. Then you suddenly develop a cold; feel chills and lose your appetite. After about 2 or 3 days (assuming you don’t take drugs nor do anything else about it), you suddenly recover and feel better than you did for years. Let us say this well being continues for two months, when you suddenly develop a rash. You still don’t take anything special for it. This rash flares up, gets worse and continues for ten days, then suddenly subsides. Immediately after this, you find that your hepatitis (or whatever you were manifesting while undernourished) is gone and your energy has increased more than ever before. The rash became an outlet for the poisons in the liver, which produced the hepatitis (or whatever was manifesting). This is how recovery occurs, like the cycles in the Dow-Jones Average at the beginning of a bull market recovery. You feel better, a reaction occurs, and you don’t feel as well for a short while. You recover and go higher for awhile. Then another reaction occurs, milder than the last. You recover and go even higher. And so it goes, each reaction milder than the last, as the body becomes purer, each becoming shorter in duration and being followed by a longer and longer period of feeling better than ever before, until you reach a level plateau of vibrant health."

I began taking WaterOz (the "Oz" is pronounced as it is in "The Wizard of Oz") minerals for edema in early July 2000. After two days I stopped taking them because I had slept most of the two days. I knew this was a cleansing reaction, but I didn’t want to go through a cleansing at that time. (I had finished #34 at the end of June and was waiting for Dr. Clark to give her approval and didn’t want to be tired when the thumbs up came.)

So, in July, I switched from taking the edema protocol to taking the EPN (Enzyme PhytoNutrient) solution. I didn’t feel a cleansing reaction when I took EPN. It was just what I needed. I was already taking SAMe, which gives me energy, but EPN gives me a different kind of energy. SAMe helps me to feel cheerful and alert and want to do things. After 4 or 5 hours it fades and I take another one. EPN gives me physical energy. As soon as I think of something I want to do, I’ve done it. It makes physical work so easy that I have been surprised every day since I began taking it that I can get so much done in one day. I also feel satisfied with smaller amounts of food when I take it — I’m not always hungry for "something more" as I have since I was 13. (Some people do get a healing or cleansing reaction when they take EPN. They have to start with 1 teaspoon or less a day.)

A week ago, after a friend told us that taking 4-8 oz. EPN daily helped his Lupus symptoms, I began taking 4 oz. every morning. I wanted to see if taking more EPN would cut my appetite even more, and it does! It’s too soon to be certain (Dale says that I should wait a month or two before writing about my experiences with a supplement — in this case, increasing the amount — because sometimes the good results fade away), but it looks like I may be starting a decent to my normal weight. (I’ve been cutting my meals in half! It causes me to eat four times, but I’m still cutting out ⅓ of my calories.)

Dale also loves the EPN! Since he began taking a tablespoon every morning he has been tackling jobs around the house daily that he would only do once a month, if that, before! He’s like a whirlwind; building shelves, fixing the electric window and the A/C fan in my car, replacing a dozen florescent light bulbs with full spectrum ones in the office and the house, organizing the office and cleaning out his desk! I love to see him so energetic, and its great to reap the benefits of all his talents.

On August 3^rd I began again to take the edema protocol of WaterOz minerals. Everything happened at once: I immediately noticed that my body wasn’t as "puffy," which is how edema makes me feel. I also noticed that my skin feels silky — first my torso, then my arms and legs and lately even my hands feel smooth and silky. After a few days the dry skin on my lower legs disappeared. The first night I went to sleep quicker and slept sounder and didn’t have to get up as often to urinate (I used to get up 3 times, now I get up once a night). I had a cleansing reaction within the first two days. This time I didn’t get tired and sleepy during the day, but my sinuses began draining. I thought I might have a sinus infection. It went on for five or six days. During this time I took 2 enemas a day and soaked in a tub hot of water with 8 oz. clay mixed into it for 20-30 minutes daily — both of these "treatments" draw toxins out of the body and give relief for hours. I also decided to boost my immune system with Thymic Protein A, which was featured in the July 2000 issue of Alternative Medicine magazine (see enclosed related article.) Every time I sprinkled the contents of a packet under my tongue I’d feel better for 3 to 4 hours. As soon as that cleansing reaction went away I felt that I had a urinary track infection. In the morning I would feel fine, but by afternoon I’d feel pain in my lower abdomen whenever I lifted something and when I urinated. This went on for 2 weeks. I would think it was gone and in a day or two it was back. I took enemas, soaked in clay and took the Thymic Protein A until that cleansing gradually went away, too. Then, my elbow got hot and swollen and tender to the touch. I dislocated it on Christmas day in 1988. That cleansing wasn’t as bothersome as the other two and I would notice it only when I picked up something heavy. Now I can straighten out my arm better than I could before. (To order Thymic Protein A or Our Living Earth Clay see our order form.)

Note: After experimenting with the Thymic Protein A and having it work so well, it kept me going when otherwise I would have had to have bed rest to heal (during these healing reactions I did not stop working), I’ve decided to keep taking 1 packet a day. It’s an anti-aging supplement and I hope it works as well for that as it does for acute health problems.

Dale’s healing reactions: Runny nose for the first 5 days and various aches and pains on and off. He started taking the edema protocol July 1st. His edema (a swollen right foot) went away within two days! Later in July he added the minerals for arthritis.

The only other time I experienced a healing reaction was when I spent a month at the Gerson Cancer Clinic in November 1982. I went there as a companion to a friend.

At the clinic I chose to go on the allergy diet, which is the same as the cancer diet. We drank 13 glasses of fresh (not more than 5 minutes old) vegetable juice daily (one glass was fruit juice and three glasses consisted of a ½ glass of raw, organic calves liver juice — the staff ground and pressed the liver fresh three times a day — mixed with a ½ glass of carrot juice). All the juice was made with a stainless steel Norwalk juicer and press — the pulp was put into bags and more juice was pressed out of it. Three glasses of juice daily had to be "green" juice, which was the worst tasting stuff imaginable. It made me gag. We had all the fresh organic fruit we could eat every day. And we were served three full vegetarian meals daily that did not contain flour products. Every 4 hours during the day we took coffee enemas. In 5 days I had a cleansing reaction that caused a fever that lasted 24 hours (we took coffee enemas every 2 hours all day and night when we had a cleansing reaction). After that I seemed to be finished with the cleansing. But, after 6 weeks on the diet (I continued to follow the diet at home for two weeks after leaving the clinic), I had a major healing crisis. I had had my tubes tied in 1978 and at the time the doctor advised me to have a hysterectomy because the lab reported that my tissue sample showed "unhealthy tissue." I refused to have a hysterectomy and the tubal ligation incision healed with no sign of incompleteness. Still, 4 years later, it must have been a healing of that procedure when I got a fever and my lower abdomen was tender at the site of the incision. After 6 days of the fever hovering around 103º F to 104º F, I decided I’d better get a doctor’s opinion. On the morning of the 6^th day I asked my husband to take me to the emergency room on his way to work. At the hospital the doctor on call palpated my abdomen and I screamed. He stated that I had pelvic inflammatory disease and needed surgery immediately. I said, "No, I’m in a healing crisis and I’ll get better without an operation." He said he never heard of a "healing crisis" and didn’t believe there was such a thing. When I wouldn’t back down he called in an elderly surgeon who had a better bedside manner. I explained about the clinic and what I had been doing to cause the healing crisis and stated that I believed that it was the best thing that could happen to me, although I seemed to be having trouble getting through it. He said I was dehydrated and if he helped me, would I make him a promise? I asked what it was. He said if he admitted me to the hospital for 24 hours and put me on an IV drip to hydrate me, by the next morning if my fever hadn’t broken, would I promise to let him operate? Of course, I said, "Yes," although I thought to myself, "I’ll never let him operate, but I’ll deal with that tomorrow." So, he admitted me and instructed me not to take anything by mouth, not even water, during the next 24 hours. (It was my fault that I had become dehydrated; I had been drinking less than 13 glasses of juice a day since I left the clinic and even fewer since I had developed the fever.) I heard the doctor instruct the nurse to put me on a sodium IV drip, but the Gerson clinic taught me to never use sodium when you’re trying to heal, so I asked him for a potassium IV drip, and he okayed it. When I got to my room I called my husband and explained the situation and asked him to please bring me a couple of thermos’ of fresh carrot juice, a gallon of coffee, and my enema bucket when he got off work. (I was going to continue my Gerson program no matter what!) He agreed and I drank juice and took coffee enemas all through the evening and night. The nurses came in and replaced the IV drip several times and never noticed that I was taking enemas! By morning my fever was gone and my abdomen was palpable with no pain at all! The doctor released me and I walked the 5 miles home — I couldn’t wait for a taxi — I was so ecstatic, I felt like I’d won the health version of the lottery!

Since that day, December 16, 1982 (my 46^th birthday), I have not followed the Gerson clinic diet. I have been eating meat, eggs, cheese, fruit, and vegetables and flour products. I chose not to follow the Gerson diet for life because it takes all day, everyday, to shop for and prepare the food. The only thing I have continued to do is take the coffee enemas. I take one every morning. I have steadfastly taken supplements daily (minerals and vitamins in capsules) and for three years I took two ounces of Dr. Joel Wallach’s colloidal minerals leached from pre-historic vegetation every day. I’ve cleaned up my home, zapped myself with a Zapper, done liver cleanses, kidney cleanses and parasite cleanses as well as gotten rid of a tapeworm from following the recommendations of Dr. Clark. I’ve gotten rid of pre-skin cancer growths, a pain in my left breast and my allergies from taking pancreatic enzymes (Panteric Extra) with every meal as recommended by Dr. Kelley. I’ve even brought my slightly elevated blood pressure back to normal by taking 1 cayenne "Power Cap" a day. But, until I started taking the WaterOz EPN and minerals, I never thought I’d have another "healing crisis" without going back on the Gerson diet.

Today I feel like I’ve won the biggest "health lottery" of all! The WaterOz EPN and mineral solutions work exactly the same way as the 13 glasses of juice at the Gerson clinic do to heal the body — without any of the hard work or lost hours (you don’t have to shop for the organic vegetables and fruit, clean them, stock the refrigerator with them, prepare the juices, or clean the juicer and kitchen). It’s thousands of dollars less expensive than going to the clinic and hundreds of dollars less expensive than following the program at home.

Note: The Gerson clinic doesn’t use the organic calves liver anymore because it is impossible to find uncontaminated, organic, calves liver. They use desiccated liver capsules instead. (Please see the order form for desiccated liver tablets.)

Dr. Kelley recommends that cancer patients take WaterOz minerals as well as his Formula Ca+ enzymes. The following is the Cancer Protocol from the WaterOz booklet.

Any of various malignant neoplasms characterized by the proliferation of anaplastic cells that tend to invade surrounding tissue and metastasize to new body sites.

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Arthritis is inflammation of a joint or joints resulting in pain and swelling. Also called articular rheumatism. Osteoporosis is a disease in which the bones become extremely porous, are subject to fracture, and heal slowly. It occurs especially in women following menopause, often leading to curvature of the spine from vertebral collapse.

The following combination is effective for many arthritic conditions. It is also helpful for bone and cartilage rebuilding.

• Boron — 1 TBS.
• Calcium — 4 TBS.
• Copper — 1 tsp.
• Germanium — 3 TBS.
• Gold — 1 tsp.
• Iron — 1 tsp.

• Magnesium — 4 TBS.
• Manganese — 4 TBS.
• Potassium — 2 TBS.
• Silver — 1 TBS.
• Sulfur — 4 TBS.
• WOL — 2 TBS.
• Zinc — 2 TBS.
• WaterOz Body Alkalizer — 2 drops in 8-10 oz. water 4-6 times a day
• Vitamin B-complex — as directed
• Vitamin C — 2000 mg. daily (or to bowel tolerance)
• Vitamin D — 400 IU daily
• Vitamin E — 1200 IU — as directed

In the diagram, above right, you can see how, in Osteoporosis, the bones not only become porous and heal slowly, they actually shrink and become deformed.

• If you experience a healing reaction when taking the WaterOz minerals in the recommended doses, cut the doses in half and then work back up.
• Some healing reactions are best dealt with by taking lower doses of the minerals.
• The doses are for adults 60 pounds and up. Cut the dose by half for children 30 to 60 pounds, a quarter for children 10 to 30 pounds, and an eighth for infants.
• The doses are intended for specific health issues and not intended for extended use.
• Follow the protocols that you have chosen and when your symptoms have disappeared reduce your recipe to ⅓ of the original or switch to the Water of Life (WOL).
• If you have any questions please call Dale on his toll free number: (800) 651-7080.