Galina Shatalova Diet

Academician Galina Shatalova invented her own system of natural healing, which helps her to heal many patients and herself to remain vigorous for many years.

The highest efficiency of species nutrition is proved by her life. Galina Shatalova, a professional neurosurgeon with many years of experience, candidate of medical sciences, academician, who developed a system of natural health improvement (species nutrition), which was based on the works of A.M. Ugolev, I.P. Pavlov, V.I. Vernadsky, A.L. Chizhevsky and others, and which to smithereens breaks the theory of high-calorie nutrition, which is now considered the only correct one.

Galina Shatalova has devoted more than 40 years to the development and implementation of a natural healing system in practice. She, not without reason, believes that today the main condition for maintaining health is medical nutrition. The emphasis is on the bioenergetic and biological value of the products. Natural Food products have the greatest biological value, in particular, raw vegetables, fruits, herbs, nuts, honey and others.

The idea of "The survival of the fittest" was excellently proven by the neurosurgeon (MD, PhD) Galina Shatalova (1916–2011), when she decided to abandon her in all respects stellar career in conventional medicine and developed the System of Natural Health. In 1960 she began to develop her revolutionary healing concept.

Galina  Shatalova lived for 95 years, while feeling great, radiating health and benevolence, leading an active lifestyle, travelling, conducting seminars, going hiking, running, sitting on cross twine and doused with cold water. During last 45 years of her life - caloric value of her food did not exceed 700 (instead of 1700!!) Kcal a day.

Of all her theories, Galina Shatalova is still the most famous in Russia for her very low calorie diet. It is well known there that people who followed her system were able to get rid of many ailments and not only restore good health, but improves it to a much higher level.  Her health system was eventually adopted and implemented in the astronauts' training practices.

As a result of technological and medical advances, humanity is getting older, but also getting sicker: Given the skyrocketing number of civilized diseases and prolonged suffering, lifelong health is a long way off.

In fact, eating according to the Shatalova system is a kind of mixture of a raw food diet and a vegetarian diet. The author Shatalova claims that it was precisely this style of eating that allowed her to maintain vigor of body and spirit until the age of 90, and also helped heal many seriously ill and hopeless patients

For many years she took for healing those from whom official scientific medicine had already refused, and brought different patients to objective health in 6-9 months. Even cancer patients became healthy in her system.

Key features of Shatalova diet system

According to Shatalova, the human organism is restricted exclusively to plant foods and does not need more than 250 to 400 calories of daily food intake to maintain its basic metabolism. According to the current tables, a person would need, for example, 64 g of protein and 2300 kcal daily.

According to Dr. Galina Shatalova , we need less than 30 g of protein and 1000 kcal daily.

According to Shatalova, products of animal origin are considered harmful to humans. For this reason, it is recommended that these products be completely excluded in Shatalova diet regime. This includes meat, eggs, milk and other dairy products etc.

Galina Shatalova suggests taking vegetables as the basis of the diet - a source of Fiber, minerals and vitamins , as well as energy. The menu needs vegetables in different forms, including freshly squeezed juices , herbs and fruits and unrefined vegetable oils. Shatalova does not recommend eating a lot of nuts: 3-4 walnuts or a handful of hazelnuts are enough a day.  The system imposes a restriction on the consumption of nuts - no more than 1-2 tablespoons per day.

Meat and fish, dairy products, white flour, pasta, polished rice, yeast baked goods should be avoided, as they impede digestion. Shatalova's system categorically does not accept sugar, with the exception of honey, salt is limited to 2 grams per day and is replaced with rock or sea salt, it is recommended to add some salt to the food with ground seaweed powder .

White flour pasta or milled (refined white) rice has no nutritional value. However, in vegetarian cuisine, they can play a fairly prominent role. This can be said about dairy and meat products, although it is better to replace them with fruits and vegetables.

The basis of the diet is an abundance of fresh vegetables and fruits, but it is not required to switch completely to raw foods. Vegetables and fruits should be eaten fresh or freshly prepared. Many vegetables are much tastier when cooked (and some are completely impossible to eat raw). So, legumes, pumpkin, cabbage can be stewed and boiled, but it is necessary to cook them at 100°C, hence frying in oil is not allowed.

It is desirable that the cooking temperature is not higher than 100°C. Never cook food by frying and at temperatures above 100°C. Food should be prepared immediately prior to consumption and should not be prepared in advance for storage in the refrigerator and subsequent reheating.

Food should never be stored or reheated, only cook just enough to be consumed in one go.

Leftover food should not be reheated. Try to cook it in one meal. Microwave ovens and pressure cookers should not be used for cooking, food is cooked there at higher temperatures, which spoils the taste of the dishes and the structure of the product is destroyed, as well as the biologically active substances contained in it. Do not use a pressure cooker for cooking. Due to the increased pressure in it, the temperature may rise, above 100°C. This negatively affects the prepared product.

Milk and dairy products are not recommended - these foods are good only for young children. Milk should be gradually excluded from the diet of a three-year-old child, transferring it to natural healing food.

Important notes also apply to water: ordinary tap water, even filtered, is not recommended to drink, as well as to cook food on it. You can use spring or structured (specially purified) water settled and purified with silver.

Human body is programmed for plant based nutrition….

It is important to bear in mind here that the human body is programmed by nature for certain types of food, mainly of plant origin. This is predetermined by the natural anatomical and physiological characteristics of his body. Therefore, the violation of the constancy of species nutrition is the cause of many, many ailments.

According to the laws of nature, man is a fruit-eating creature, not herbivorous and not predatory. This is evidenced by the structural features of the digestive system, sensory organs and the general structure of the body. Therefore, the main food for humans should be fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts. It is on the basis of these data that the correct, specific nutrition is built.

What food items are not allowed in Shatalova species diet??

Meat in any form is completely excluded from species diet.Since human gastric juice is 10 times less acidic than that of predator animals, meat in our stomach is digested for 8 hours; in sick patients, this takes longer. When eating meat together with other foods, the body tunes in to the most complex program and secretes gastric juice of maximum acidity for digestion of meat - to the detriment of other, simpler programs. For vegetables - 4 hours are needed for digestion. Fruits are digested within 2 hours, and in a state of strong acidity, simple carbohydrates such as white bread and boiled or baked potatoes are digested within one hour.

Potatoes and any of their derivatives, chips, French fries, boiled carrots, fried onions, pumpkin, parsnips.

MILK and DAIRY PRODUCTS WITH LACTOSE ... are not permitted === Only organic butter is allowed. All other dairy and fermented milk products are prohibited in any form, since they greatly increase the sugar level and have a high insulin response.

ANY flour products (dough, bread, crisp bread, pita bread, rolls, croutons, cookies, pancakes, bagels, croissants, donuts, crackers, bagels , muffins, muffins, cakes, biscuits, tortillas, cheesecakes, etc.) must be completely excluded, as are foods made from whole grain and gluten-free flours.

Breads are also recommended to be excluded, from whatever they were prepared from i.e. even whole-wheat bread is not recommended to eat in Shatalova's species diet.

Honey is a conditionally acceptable product. But honey should not be collected from bees that are fed with sugar syrup. Once a week - you can eat a teaspoon of real honey.

So, nutrition according to Shatalova involves the exclusion of the following products from the diet:

1. Any meat food, fish, eggs.

2. Pasta, refined white flour, refined white polished rice.

3. The consumption of table salt should be sharply limited - no more than 2 grams per day.

4. Milk and dairy products.

5. White sugar.

6. The use of nuts should also be significantly limited, for example, a handful of hazelnuts, 3-4 walnuts or a tablespoon of pine nuts a day.

7. Try using other types of salt, such as sea salt, black Indian salt, pink Himalayan salt. Recently, rock sea salt and pink Himalayan salt has become popular, containing less sodium chloride and more nutrients.

In a nutshell, meat and fish, dairy products, white flour, pasta, polished rice, yeast baked goods, vegetable fats should be avoided, as they hinder digestion. Shatalova's system categorically does not accept sugar, with the exception of honey, salt is limited to 2 grams per day and is replaced with rock or sea salt, it is recommended to add salt to the food with ground seaweed powder.

In  the treatment of diseases with Natural Healing Systems Galina Shatalova uses the basic principle - not to interfere with the body, but to help fight the cause of the disease.

Galina Shatalova lived half a century on her own system: 12 g of fat, 15 g of protein and 100 g of carbohydrates per day - almost five times less than the scientific norm; daily running, swimming; a bunch of patients, constant lectures, schools, research, experiments - and 4-5 hours of sleep.

Dr. Shatalova has tested her system on herself. Her own experience shows that disease really can be forgotten and that life can be joyful and active even in old age. When she was 70 years of age, Galina, amongst other things, ran, swam, rowed, hiked, and did yoga. She walked out without a hat on and wore a light coat in cold weather. And she felt and looked much younger than her years.

Shatalova is the most effective naturopath in the history of the USSR. She achieved full health, healed many people from insulin-dependent diabetes, cancer, chronic hypertension, heart failure and other diseases that official medicine considers incurable. Only she was able to discern the obvious, conducted fantastic research and created a serious scientific theory of objective health.

Shatalova system has become a way of life for thousands of followers and, thanks to their experience, allows those who have already lost it in the fight against incurable ailments to gain hope. The effectiveness of Shatalova's technique is confirmed by a huge number of people who got rid of cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Basically, these are people who were abandoned by official medicine, but who still have a desire to live.

Galina Shatalova wrote many books in her life time which describes her unorthodox system of healthy lifestyle. In 2011, Galina Shatalova died at the age of 95. Galina declared that man can live up to 120 years. The news of her premature death shocked all who adhered to her methods.

Galina Shatalova in her own words....

Straightaway, I must tell you that there's nothing new in my system. It's all based on the ideas and findings of others, some of whom lived many centuries ago. My method involves man making the maximum use of the natural environment, the sea of life-sustaining energy around him: the sun, earth, air, water, and flora. Nature holds additional energy resources that are just waiting to be tapped.

But how? By taking a lot of exercise - walking, running, swimming, skiing, skating; by toughening up. Cold air and water are great energizers. Also, one must breathe correctly: exhalation should be twice as long as inhalation. Food should be natural, and should be eaten only when one is hungry. The caloric value of food is far less important than its biological value. Our whole family is vegetarian. We eat seasonal vegetable raw, baked or steamed; fresh and dry fruit, seeds, nuts, honey, groats and germinated cereal grains. Why germinated? Because at germination the Vitamin E content of grain increases 200 to 300 fold. The grains should be soaked in water until the sprouts first appear. Then they should be put through the mincer and eaten with honey, or with whatever else you fancy. Then shouldn't all foods be eaten. Not at all. Much produce, for instance, egg white, peas, and potatoes, contain substances which it is better to neutralize by cooking. Beets can be eaten cooked or uncooked, but cabbage, carrots and edible gourds are much better for you Food shouldn't be overcooked. Now about fish and meat. These are only partially assimilated by the body (about 50 per cent); the rest forms wastes which can give rise to various diseases. Completely exclude proteins of animal origin from the diet of healthy and sick people, in extreme cases to limit them to... 12 grams per day.

One of my basic principles is never to add salt to food. Salt causes water accumulation and flabbiness and increases susceptibility to colds. Of course, at first unsalted food tastes bland, but within a week or two you begin to appreciate the natural flavours of food-subtle but delicious. I never eat sugar, husked grains or any reheated fried or overcooked food, especially if it's been kept for a long time. Such foods are "dead", and have no biological energy value. I do not drink tea and coffee, preferring instead beverages which have always been used in Russia - infusions of rose hip, raspberry or strawberry leaves, St. John's wort, rose and jasmine petals or hawthorn flowers. Willow-herb stock makes an excellent drink. Middle aged and elderly people should eat in moderation, bearing in mind that food should be chosen on the basis of its benefit to health rather than its caloric value. I can guarantee that you will be surprised by welcome changes in your physical state.

Life is given to each of us. Whether it will be long or short, burdened with diseases or marked with the seal of spiritual and physical health depends largely on the individual. And the main help that he needs today is help in mastering the laws of nature that govern the vital activity of its body.

Alexander Ugolev research

Russian scientist A.M. Ugolev (1926-1991), ate only raw carrots for few months. And he didn’t suffer any type of nutritional deficiencies like protein or vitamin deficiency. Scientist Ugolev mentioned that a healthy intestinal microflora is able to synthesize all nutrients necessary for the body even if a person eats only raw carrots for a long period. It rests on the idea that while coexisting with the bacterial flora available in its intestines our organism is its master. The intestinal microflora provides vitamins, amino acids, and other elements required by the master. Without it there can be no normal vital activity.

In a man or woman whose intestinal bacterial microflora is suppressed by antibiotics, it is observed that – if the diet is deficient in vitamins and irreplaceable amino acids – body react to such deficiency much more acutely and immunity to different diseases is weaker. The non-intestinal-microbial animals have inadequate immune and nervous systems and metabolism. The same is true of the people who for various reason grew up in sterile conditions. They are also known to be mentally inferior.

According to Ugolev, a cat can remain healthy by eating mice only for longer time. The digestive system of cat is able to absorb necessary nutrients from digesting a mice.

ONE OF UGOLEV’S MAIN IDEAS WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA IN THE PROCESS OF DIGESTION. BACK IN THE 80s OF THE LAST CENTURY, HE CONSIDERED OUR BODY SYMBIOSIS WITH BACTERIA. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT IS AN ENDOCRINE ORGAN, MORE POWERFUL THAN ALL THE ENDOCRINE ORGANS COMBINED. THESE IDEAS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CONFIRMED AND NOW THEIR RELIABILITY IS NOT IN DOUBT. 

In 1985, Academician Ugolev and his collaborators , using a series of experiments , established that the organ that produces essential amino acids in our body is – It is not the intestines themselves, but the tenants living in it – microorganisms, who, by consuming part of the nutrients (dietary fibers) entering the large intestine with plant food , transform them into the amino acids and vitamins that we need. In other words, intestinal microflora synthesize most essential vitamins, indispensable amino acids, some physiologically active hormone-like substances from dietary fibers.

After such a track record, it is worth taking a closer look at the needs of the intestinal microflora. Its weight is 2.5 to 3 kg or 5% of total body weight. Academician Ugolev proposed to consider the intestinal microflora as a separate human organ.

Mysterious Thick Sugar syrup

I (Author Mr. Pushparaj Ghodke) was affected with severe diarrhoea. I was extremely irritated by frequent liquid stools.

On the advice of medical practitioner, I consumed a tablet containing norfloxacin and tinidazole. I rapidly recovered with just consuming one single capsule. I came to know that, norfloxacin is antibacterial and tinidazole is antiprotozoal. I further read that, in diarrhea – intestinal microflora is infected with pathogenic microorganisms. Norfloxacin (400mg) + tinidazole (600mg) kills pathogenic microorganisms in intestines to restore the microflora balance.

When next time I was again affected by diarrhoea I consumed a glass full of thick sugar syrup instead of tablet. The unpleasant diarrhoea stopped immediately. I passed stool only after a whopping 90 (ninety) hours. I found out that, consumption of thick sugar syrup is as effective as consuming antibiotics to stop diarrhoea immediately.

Another, potent remedy to get rid of diarrhoea is – a porridge made from a fine paste of rice flour. From time immemorial, people knew starchy drink is a good medicine for diarrhea.

Let’s turn back to thick sugar syrup. It is well-known that, sugar is an excellent antibiotic. But, I searched a vast scientific literature. But, there is no mention in scientific literature about – use of thick sugar syrup to stop diarrhoea. Henceforth, a theory can be initiated about why and how thick sugar syrup prevents severe diarrhoea immediately.

Popuans and protein

The annually expanding world population needs increasing amounts of food. This makes what has come to be known as the protein problem as acute as the need to find new types of energy and to combat environmental pollution.

Scientists all over the world are already studying known sources of protein and are searching for new ones and bacteria, algae and higher plants. It was hitherto believed that man’s daily ration should contain as much protein as is lost by the body and that a young and growing human organism needs even more. There is no protein depot in the body, as is the case with fat. With prolonged insufficient intake of protein with food, a state of protein starvation develops very quickly.

In Africa, 96 per cent of children in the 6 months to 6 years group are affected with kwashiorkor, a disease caused by protein-deficient diets.

But here is a paradox discovered by scientists as they studied the diet of the Papuans of New Guinea. The scientists established that their intake couldn’t even ensure protein balance. A Papuan consumes on average twenty to thirty grams of protein a day, spending fifty per cent more!! After all, the body cannot derive the missing ten to fifteen grams from the air!!

But according to a hypothesis put forward by the Soviet researchers M. Oeynik and S. Panchishina, it is indeed taken from the air. In their opinion, some bacteria, which live in the human intestines, develop protein from the nitrogen contained in the digestive juices. Why is this mechanism not observed among other peoples? It must be due to the Papuan diet.

Papua New Guinea Highlanders have a traditional diet which is mainly vegetarian and low in protein (about 35 gm/d). Their diet consists of sweet potatoes, which are rich in sugars and starch. But these potatoes have such a low percentage of protein that the intestinal bacteria are simply forced to use the atmospheric nitrogen which gets into the body and transform it into amino acids. However, it will take time to sort out the New Guinean observations. Possibly, they will prompt a new answer to the protein problem. After all, it is an exceedingly alluring prospect to obtain “absolutely free” protein straight from the air.

GUT MICROBES AND LONGEVITY

Bifidobacteria are one of the main symbiont bacteria of the human intestine. In newborns, they make up 80% of all bacteria, and their share in the microbiota of adults reaches 34%.

Some researchers believe that in the future, a person will take a microbiota from a person in childhood and put it, say, in liquid nitrogen. With age, everyone will be able to take samples of their ideal bacterial community and thus rejuvenate the body.

Diet First

For losing weight, physical exercises should and must always accompany diet. However, exercises here still play a secondary role, since the energy expended can more than be compensated for by excessive nutrition.

Therefore, the main thing that needs to be done is either to leave your usual dietary habits as before (if gradual weight loss has been achieved with the help of exercises) or change the dietary habits — primarily due to lengthening the gap between solid food intake or avoid/minimize confectioneries, sugar, refined flour backery products and potato dishes; instead, you can add more cabbage, apples, cucumbers and other vegetables and fruits  to the diet.

Treatment by vegetables

The low calorie content of vegetables has acquired particular importance in recent decades, having turned from a lack of a product into an enviable advantage. It is very important for a person leading a sedentary lifestyle, prone to overweight, to get a feeling of satiety (voluminous vegetable dishes quickly saturate) without exceeding the daily calorie quota prescribed by the attending physician.

In treating people who were overweight, researchers of the Nutrition Laboratory of the Institute of Sanitation and Hygiene in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, put them on a vegetable diet of Georgian dishes. The results were excellent: without detriment to their health the patients lost their excess weight. True, traditional ingredients of Georgian cuisine were left such as nuts, peppers and other spices contraindicated to the patients. The dietary menu includes vegetable dishes made from nettles, green beans and ramson, all rich in proteins of a vegetable origin.

Diet prescription

Besides pills and injections, diets may be instrumental in fighting such serious disorders as diabetes mellitus, ischemic disease of the heart, atherosclerosis and obesity. One such diet had been developed by scientists in Ternopol. High in fibre, it calls for grated apple, grape and beet skins along with rye, wheat and maize bran. And, an even more unusual item... fodder grass!!

A clue from honeybees

The choice of food is very important. Honeybees are an excellent example. A queen-bee which feeds on so-called royal jelly from its first days till the end of its life lives for two or three years. The worker bees receive this miraculous food for only the first few days of their lives and are given coarser food from the third day on. As a result they do not become completely fertile females and live only two or three weeks.

Mice fast for mankind

A sharp decrease in caloric intake slows down the aging process. New evidence in favour of this theory was received by American scientists. Researchers forced three-year-old mice to starve, and then analyzed their liver cells. It turned out that in the experimental animals three dozen genes did not transform at once, which, as a rule, change in old age.

Fibers

Century-old medical reference books show the history of attitudes towards fiber. In the encyclopedic dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron, bran is called garbage, which is obtained when grinding grain. Also in the chapter on bran, it is said that the addition of bran in the food lowers their nutritional value, and the less it, the higher their quality.

Fiber reduces hunger, which helps you avoid overeating and control your weight. Soluble dietary fiber regulates blood sugar and cholesterol levels, while insoluble fiber cleanses the body and detoxifies. Approximately 30 grams of fiber in your daily diet reduces the risk of heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, type 2 diabetes and colon cancer by 16-24%. Some enthusiastic scientists believed that a lack of fiber could explain any disease that afflicts Western populations, from constipation to heart disease and cancer. Much of the research has been (and is) being done to identify and evaluate the potential benefits of fiber in the prevention of various diseases. The main recommendation is to include more fiber-rich foods in the diet.

Dietary fiber - the indigestible part of plant material - is represented by the main two types of fiber: soluble and insoluble.

Soluble fiber dissolves easily in water and breaks down into a gel-like substance in the colon. Insoluble fiber does not dissolve in water and remains intact when food passes through the gastrointestinal tract.

The term "fiber" refers to all parts of plant foods that cannot be digested or absorbed by the body. Unlike simple carbohydrates (sugar, most types of bread, soft wheat pasta, etc.), fiber is a complex carbohydrate, it does not raise blood sugar levels. Fiber is found in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and legumes.

Soluble fiber in the gastrointestinal tract turns into a gel-like substance that is fermented by bacteria in the colon.

Insoluble fiber remains unchanged as it passes through the digestive tract. Since it is completely indigestible, insoluble fiber is not a source of calories.

Soluble fibre stabilizes blood sugar (glucose) levels by slowing down the absorption of nutrients, including carbohydrates. This means that foods containing soluble fiber are less likely to cause spikes in blood sugar levels, and are even likely to prevent them. Soluble fiber is believed to play a preventive role in cardiovascular disease by lowering total serum cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein levels. So, regular consumption of soluble fiber lowers cholesterol, stabilizes blood sugar, and reduces fat absorption, which can reduce the risk of heart disease and circulatory disorders. The best sources of soluble fiber are fruits, vegetables.

In the past, nutritionists considered dietary fiber to be ballast substances that pass through the digestive tract unchanged with no benefit to the body. Often, foods were stripped of them to increase nutritional value.

In the 60s of the last century, this stereotype was dealt a serious blow. Irish doctor Denis Burkitt, while working in Uganda, noticed that local residents are practically unfamiliar with many common diseases among Europeans: coronary heart disease, diabetes, appendicitis, gallstones, constipation. Diets low in fibre increase the risk of CHD, obesity, diabetes, dental caries, various vascular disorders and large bowel conditions such as cancer, appendicitis and diverticulosis.The doctor suggested that Ugandans are less sick due to the presence of dietary fiber in their diet, while Europians are deficient in these important substances. Burkitt became known as ‘The Fibre Man’ and travelled the world to talk about fibre, diet and the prevention of the non-communicable diseases of Western culture. In 1979, Irish physician Dr. Denis Parsons Burkitt published Don't Forget Fiber, which became an international bestseller. Denis Burkitt stated, "America is a constipated nation ... if you skip small bowel movements, you must have big hospitals. Dr. Denis Burkitt, recommends intake of dietary fibers 25-30 grams per day.

With his colleague Denis P. Burkitt , Trowellwas instrumental in promoting dietary fiber. He developed the fiber hypothesis in a series of books and articles with Burkitt in the 1970s and 80s. Their research showed that a low-fiber diet increases the risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and colon diseases such as rectal cancer , appendicitis, and diverticulosis. The British Medical Journal describes Trowell as "probably the first person to associate a fiber-deficient diet with obesity, diabetes and coronary artery disease.

Over time, scientists have found more and more evidence of the benefits of dietary fiber for humans.

Dr. Thomas Cleve (1906–1983) began promoting dietary fiber in the 1950s. Charles Darwin's work provided the intellectual basis for Cleve's lifelong contemplation of the relationship between diet and health, based on the premise that the human body is ill-adapted to the diet of modern (Western) humans. In 1969, Dr. Cleve drew public attention to the low fiber content of modern diets, which have become rich in processed ingredients.

In his book "The Saccharine Disease -- Conditions Caused by the Taking of Refined Carbohydrates, Such as Sugar and White Flour" (1974), he argues that many modern ailments are the result of excessive consumption of refined carbohydrates and a decrease in dietary fiber. This book provides a common causation for diabetes mellitus, dental caries, pyorrhea, peptic ulcer, obesity, colonic stasis, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, coronary artery disease, and Escherichia coli infections! Surgeon-Captain Thomas Cleave and Dr. G. D. Campbell have coined the designation "The Saccharine Disease" to describe the train of ills following upon the ingestion by man of "refined sugars," particularly cane or beet sugar, white flour, and—in rice eating countries—milled rice.

Cleve was a British naval doctor who treated sailors during World War II. Due to the lack of fruits and vegetables on warships, crews often had to contend with constipation, which Cleve treated by prescribing bran. Their quick, positive effects gave Cleve courage, and he began to advise the use of bran for a variety of health problems - from diverticulitis and hemorrhoids to tooth decay and headaches. He even earned the nickname "The Bran Man", as well as a reputation as an overzealous champion of fiber. Many found it ridiculous to explain modern diseases by eating high amounts of sugar and low amounts of dietary fiber. Cleve's idea was criticized rather than accepted in the medical community.

Cleave used data on sugar consumption worldwide and changes in flour milling practices in the nineteenth century to make the point that the greatest alterations to our diet from the ‘...natural state…’ have occurred quite recently in evolutionary terms with the refining of carbohydrates to produce white flour and sugar. He suggests that overconsumption of these carbohydrates is due to their concentrated state in foods and that the rapidity of the change on an evolutionary time scale had led to maladaptation by the body and to a group of diseases, which together he proposes to be a single ‘Saccharine Disease’, the manifestation of which depends on ‘...personal build in the parts of the body affected’. Primitive man for half a million years did not ingest refined carbohydrates, that for a brief 5,000 years he has had to cope with "refined carbohydrates" for which the human body was not adapted. This leads to over-consumption.

So, dietary fiber is evolutionarily included in the gastrointestinal technology and is necessary for the normal functioning of the digestive system and the body as a whole.

Eating vegetables and fruits is much healthier than juices squeezed out of them, in which there is no fiber. As a result squeezed clarified juices, you lose the benefits of fiber, especially its important work in regulating digestion and preventing a spike in blood sugar. Drink juices with pulp, not clarified ones.

In potatoes , which formally belongs to complex carbohydrates, there is practically no fiber - most of its weight is starch . Therefore, potatoes should be eaten with care.

Wheat bran, being rich in insoluble fiber, helps to increase the volume of intestinal contents and accelerate its passage through the colon. In other words, they help normalize intestinal motility and prevent constipation.

Apparently, wheat bran is capable of preventing several types of cancer, including the third most common intestinal cancer in the world. Animal studies and several epidemiological studies have shown that taking them can reduce the risk of this disease. In this respect, wheat bran is superior to products from other types of grains, for example, oat.

Dietary fiber increases the volume of faeces and shortens the transit time of the food bolus through the intestines. Thus, dietary fiber can bind almost any toxic substance present in food and reduce the time of its contact with the intestinal epithelium, which significantly reduces the possibility of absorption of toxins. Fiber protects us from certain types of xenobiotics, binds carcinogens and bile acids. Certain types of fiber are fermented by the intestinal microflora and produce short-chain fatty acids, one of which, butyric, has anti-tumor properties.

There is epidemiological evidence linking high-fiber diets with a reduced risk of colon cancer. Typically, in countries with a high fiber intake, the incidence of cancer is relatively low.

Dr. Burkitt observed that native Africans produce four times as much feces as English children in school, and do so three times faster. He suspected that this was due to all the fiber that was eaten in Africa. And he suggested that the high rate of bowel movements does not leave time for the development of cancer caused by food contact with our gut.

Particular attention should be paid to the fact that vegetables and fruits, like all juices with pulp, are a source of not only vitamins, but also pectin substances. The latter are of particular importance in conditions of an increased radioactive background, they remove by-products, cholesterol, and various toxins from the body including radionuclides. In addition, fiber improves intestinal motility and promotes faster elimination of toxic products from the body.

Results from a large observational study involving 42,850 people demonstrate an association between a diet high in wheat bran and a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. Presumably, the connection may be due to the hypolipidemic properties of dietary fiber. Thus, the daily intake of wheat bran for breakfast for 3 weeks provided a significant decrease in total cholesterol levels. Another study demonstrated a decrease in triglyceride levels on the background of a diet rich in foods high in dietary fiber.

The average fiber consumption in the developedcountries is no more than 12-15 grams per day. This amount is not enough to maintain health, we must consume at least 30 grams of fiber daily.