Excerpt from Bragg Healthy Lifestyle Book — Chapter 1
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Our body is really a great plumbing system. We are made up of small pipes, medium-sized pipes and large pipes like the gastrointestinal tract, which is 30 feet long. Through the gastrointestinal pipe, from the mouth to the rectum, flow the food and drink we consume.
There is a great miracle muscular system within the gastrointestinal tract that propels the food slowly down and outward. To keep this muscular action efficient, the food we eat must contain bulk, moisture and lubrication. This is supplied by coarse raw vegetables such as cabbage (red & green), carrots, beets, celery, turnips and radishes, etc. All raw vegetables contribute to strengthen the muscular action along the gastrointestinal tract. We call raw vegetables and raw fruits “Nature’s Broom.” They are absolutely necessary if you want to enjoy higher health and longevity! Even the American Cancer Society and the United States Surgeon General agree: eating fruits and vegetables is important for the prevention of cancer.
In our opinion, every disease — no matter what its scientific name — is basically caused by the clogging of the human pipe system! Any localized symptom is therefore merely the result of a local clogging by the buildup of toxic waste poisons at that particular point. Any part of the pipe system can become clogged. The #1 killer of them all in America is “Heart Disease,” the accumulation of matter (cholesterol, fats, toxins) that clogs the cardiovascular system and the heart! Yes, this is the world’s most deadly disease — hardening of the arteries. The vicious toxic material that hardens the arteries can completely block them so that your vital life-giving oxygenated blood cannot pass through. Hardening of the arteries does not happen overnight; it takes a long time to develop this fatal condition! Yet, recent studies show that some people start to get hardening of the arteries at a very early age. The cause is their unhealthy lifestyle!
