Manual for patients with gastrointestinal conditions
This manual is based on the knowledge and decades of experience of a medical centre of state-of-the-art healing, the globally renowned Bircher-Benner-Klinik, now called the Centre for Scientific Natural Medicine Bircher-Benner. This manual is a great help for patients in that it supports their active contribution to the healing and prevention of disease. It gives patients insight into the scientific basis and causes of their disease, and provides valuable instructions for dietetics, care and physical applications. The manual explains dietetics in a gradual manner-ready for simple, practical applications-and provides tasty, diverse, tried-and-tested diet recipes from the Bircher-Benner-Klinik. For the doctor, this book is a great time saver and valuable aid in guiding patients.
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The Bircher-Benner diet has tremendous healing value.
This is why doctors, nutritionists and dieticians use our Bircher-Benner diet books.
Editorial reviews:
Prof. Dr.med. Halden, Graz, M.D.:
"I think the books are excellent. In addition to many spa plans, recipes and meal plans for a helpful and tasty diet, tried-and-tested instructions for a protective and uplifting lifestyle are also provided, which promote the understanding of the medical prescriptions.
Dr. med. Klimcyk , M.D. in the German Medical Journal:
"It saves a lot of time for the doctor and is very helpful to the patient."
Prof. Dr.med. K. Kötschau, Schlossberg, M.D. near Rosenheim:
"These books rank above all medicine, because they give you the chance to prevent almost every illness, and indeed some illnesses. That is my medical conviction, which I have come across in decades of working in preventive health care."
Dr. med. W.Matzke, M.D. in the Austrian Medical Journal:
"Everything is thought of and everything is well thought out. This is the special value of this diet book series. Every doctor should recommend it to their patients. "
Dr. med. J. V. Mengershausen, Bayrischzell, M.D.:
"Max Bircher-Benner was the leading pioneer of this natural diet and lifestyle. The series of Bircher-Benner Manuals for the most important disease groups has emerged from the wide and long-standing experience of his famous clinic, which can be highly recommended to anyone seeking healing. "
Prof. Dr. med. Mommsen, Frankfurt / M ., M.D.:
"These books are a valuable aid for every doctor in the management of their patients. They show the sick and the person at risk of illness how they can regain health and resistance through proper nutrition. The reader will be amazed to see how varied a diet can be. It is not necessary to give up the joys of good meals. I wish the books the broadest distribution and I am convinced that our hospitals' susceptibility to illness and the resulting high occupancy rates could be significantly reduced if the nutritional advice of the Bircher-Benner diet books were followed by the majority of our population."
Dr. med. Schoeler, M.D. in the general Homeopathic newspaper:
"It is most convenient for doctors and patients and the most reliable for success to use these inexpensive and practical diet books."
Prof. Dr..med. H. Warning, Saarbrücken, M.D.:
"Since the existence of this diet book series, many related authors have been trying to bring something equivalent and comprehensive to the diet book market that is equally practical for the dietetically informed professional and the general public. As far as I can see, this has so far been only partially successful. So the Bircher-Benner diet book series is marching at the top of its genre as before. "
Dr. med. J. Zinke, M.D. "Classic Homeopathy":
"The diet books of the Bircher-Benner probably represent the best that is currently on the market in this genre. They save a lot of time for the attending doctor and are extremely valuable help for the patient. "
The Bircher-Benner diet has tremendous healing value.
This is why doctors, nutritionists and dieticians use our Bircher-Benner diet books.
Editorial reviews:
Prof. Dr.med. Halden, Graz, M.D.:
"I think the books are excellent. In addition to many spa plans, recipes and meal plans for a helpful and tasty diet, tried-and-tested instructions for a protective and uplifting lifestyle are also provided, which promote the understanding of the medical prescriptions.
Dr. med. Klimcyk , M.D. in the German Medical Journal:
"It saves a lot of time for the doctor and is very helpful to the patient."
Prof. Dr.med. K. Kötschau, Schlossberg, M.D. near Rosenheim:
"These books rank above all medicine, because they give you the chance to prevent almost every illness, and indeed some illnesses. That is my medical conviction, which I have come across in decades of working in preventive health care."
Dr. med. W.Matzke, M.D. in the Austrian Medical Journal:
"Everything is thought of and everything is well thought out. This is the special value of this diet book series. Every doctor should recommend it to their patients. "
Dr. med. J. V. Mengershausen, Bayrischzell, M.D.:
"Max Bircher-Benner was the leading pioneer of this natural diet and lifestyle. The series of Bircher-Benner Manuals for the most important disease groups has emerged from the wide and long-standing experience of his famous clinic, which can be highly recommended to anyone seeking healing. "
Prof. Dr. med. Mommsen, Frankfurt / M ., M.D.:
"These books are a valuable aid for every doctor in the management of their patients. They show the sick and the person at risk of illness how they can regain health and resistance through proper nutrition. The reader will be amazed to see how varied a diet can be. It is not necessary to give up the joys of good meals. I wish the books the broadest distribution and I am convinced that our hospitals' susceptibility to illness and the resulting high occupancy rates could be significantly reduced if the nutritional advice of the Bircher-Benner diet books were followed by the majority of our population."
Dr. med. Schoeler, M.D. in the general Homeopathic newspaper:
"It is most convenient for doctors and patients and the most reliable for success to use these inexpensive and practical diet books."
Prof. Dr..med. H. Warning, Saarbrücken, M.D.:
"Since the existence of this diet book series, many related authors have been trying to bring something equivalent and comprehensive to the diet book market that is equally practical for the dietetically informed professional and the general public. As far as I can see, this has so far been only partially successful. So the Bircher-Benner diet book series is marching at the top of its genre as before. "
Dr. med. J. Zinke, M.D. "Classic Homeopathy":
"The diet books of the Bircher-Benner probably represent the best that is currently on the market in this genre. They save a lot of time for the attending doctor and are extremely valuable help for the patient. "
Autor*in
Doctor
About the Author:
Dr. med. Andres Bircher grandson of Dr.med. Maximilian Bircher-Benner.
Medical studies in Zürich and Geneva, ten years practice as a hospital physician in anaesthesiology, intensive care, emergency medicine, surgery, paediatrics, psychosomatics, haematology, geriatrics, psychiatry and psychotherapy, medical specialist(Facharzt) in an administrative position at Zürich university hospitals, teaching analysis with Brian Kenny, chief physician (Chefarzt) of a hospital for internal medicine in Zurich and later in Western Switzerland, medical specialist (Facharzt) in TCM and acupuncturist in Vienna; studies of neural therapy, manual therapy and traditional homeopathy, successful completion of medical specialist (Facharzt) training in balneology, climatology and physical medicine in Germany, scientific work on food energies, dietetics and the effects of regulatory medicine.
Dr. med. Andres Bircher is the medical manager of the Centre for Scientific Natural Medicine Bircher-Benner.
Table of Contents
Preface to the 17th edition
Introduction
The healthy heart, an astounding organ
The heart and its functions
The systemic circulation
The pulmonary circulation
The capillaries and the basic substance of the soft connective tissue
Degeneration and regeneration, and the obsolescence of calorie calculation
Arteriosclerosis, a widespread disease
The risk factors for cardiovascular diseases
The problem of small amount of alcohol
Oxidative stress, an important contributing cause
What precisely is arteriosclerosis and how does it develop?
The importance of fat metabolism, obesity and cholesterol
The importance of fatty acids
Saturated fatty acids
Unsaturated fatty acids
Monounsaturated fatty acids
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
The pharmacological effect of the omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids
The suitable ratio between polyunsaturated fatty acids
The risk of oxidation of highly unsaturated oils
The problem of vegetable margarines, cream and butter
The importance of cholesterol
The cholesterol metabolism
The effect of nutrition on the cholesterol levels in the blood
Cholesterol metabolism disorder and gallstones
Cholesterol and coronary heart disease
The importance of proteins and amyloidosis
The importance of carbohydrates and sugar for arteriosclerosis
The importance of vegetarian nutrition int the prevention of coronary heart disease
The effect of almonds and nuts on arteriosclerosis
The effect of fruits and vegetables on arteriosclerosis
The antioxidative effect of vegetarian raw food, the importance of secondary plant
Substances
The importance of wholemeal cereals
Bircher-benner's healing diet and order therapy
Hypertension
Blood pressure regulation
Pulmonary hypertension
Treatment of hypertension with medication
Angina pectoris
Stable angina pectoris
Unstable angina pectoris
Prevention and treatment of heart attack
Heart attack
The risk factors for heart attack
Caring for a heart attack victim
Complications of heart attack
Prevention of heart attack
Cardiac insufficiency or chronic heart failure
Dietary treatment of cardiac insufficiency
Heart valve defects
Mitral valve stenosis
Mitral insufficiency
Aortal valve stenosis
Aortic insufficiency
Pulmonary valve stenosis
Pulmonary valve insufficiency
Tricuspid valve stenosis
Tricuspid valve insufficiency
Inflammatory diseases of the heart
Myocarditis
Toxic myocardial damage
Autoimmune inflammation of the heart
The symptoms of myocarditis, treatment and prognosis
Endocarditis
Aneurysm
Aneurysm dissecans of the aorta
Aneurysms of the cerebral arteries
Stroke (apoplexy)
Renal artery stenosis
Carotid artery stenosis
Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
Arrhythmia
Supraventricular extrasystoles
Ventricular extrasystoles
Atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation (absolute arrhythmia)
Tachycardia
Inflammation of the arteries
Vasculitis
Regulative treatments of naturopathic healing for cardiovascular patients
Climate therapy and terrain treatments
Hydrotherapy
Classical homeopathic treatment
The new scientific acupuncture
Neural therapy
General directives for the treatment and prevention of arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases
The healing regime
Secondary plant substances
Menu
Menu for various raw food regimes
1. Fresh Juice Fasting (bed/juice day)
2. Full Juice Day
3. Fruit Fasting Days
4. Raw Vegetable Menus (for stage-2 diet)
Daily menu
The Recipes
Fruit Juices
Vegetable Juices
Potato Juices
Gruel to Accompany Juices
Birchermuesli
Sprouted cereal grains
Linomel muesli according to Dr. Johanna Budwig
Raw vegetables and salads
Salads dressings
Table for Choosing Suitable Salad Dressings
Milk Types
Plant fats, oils and butter
Gentle cooking and steaming/sauténing
Soups
Vegetables
Salads of cooked vegetables
Potato dishes
Cereal Dishes
Sauces
Sandwiches
Desserts
Table for Raw Food Diet
Healthful teas
Recipes
Notes
Index
