DLPA is included in three of the four Nutri-Prevention plans because it’s a natural, safe and effective tool for energizing your immune system. As I explained in my book, DLPA to End Chronic Pain and Depression, DLPA can relieve arthritis, low back pain, whiplash and even the terrible pain of cancer. Available at vitamin and health food stores across the country, it’s a completely natural substance your body needs, and it’s found in many foods.

DLPA works by protecting and enhancing the endorphins in your body. It’s the endorphins that actually block pain signals from reaching the higher centers in your brain and lift your mood. New studies have shown that the endorphins also strengthen the immune system.

DLPA enhances the endorphins. That’s why DLPA is part of my Nutri-Prevention program.

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Put both arms straight out in front of you at about shoulder height, palms facing down. Make two very tight fists, as tight as you can make them. Bending at the wrist, push your fists down toward the floor as hard as you can. Feel the muscles in your wrists and forearms tighten, and feel the tension, especially in your forearms, up to your elbows. Hold that position and count: one thousand … two thousand … three thousand … four thousand … five thousand … six thousand … seven thousand . . . eight thousand . . . nine thousand . . . ten thousand.

Slowly relax. Open your fists. Rest your hands, palms down, on your knees. Feel how relaxed, refreshed and tingly your hands, wrists and arms feel.

Now, take in a deep breath through your nose. Hold it for a moment. Let it out very slowly, through your mouth, taking at least five seconds to let it all out.

Take another breath … hold it … let it out slowly.

Again. Put both arms straight out in front of you at about shoulder height, palms facing down. Make two very tight fists, as tight as you can make them. Bending at the wrist, push your fists down toward the floor as hard as you can. Feel the muscles in your wrists and forearms tighten, and feel the tension, especially in your forearms, up to your elbows. Hold that position and count: one thousand … two thousand … three thousand . .. four thousand .. . five thousand … six thousand … seven thousand … eight thousand … nine thousand … ten thousand.

Slowly relax. Open your fists. Rest your hands, palms down, on your knees. Feel how relaxed, refreshed and tingly your hands, wrists and arms feel.

Now, take in a deep breath through your nose. Hold it for a moment. Let it out very slowly, through your mouth, taking at least five seconds to let it all out.

Take another breath . .. hold it … let it out slowly.

Now hold your arms out to the sides of your body at shoulder level, palms up. Close your hands into tightly clenched fists. Bend your arms at the elbow, bringing your fingers to your ears. Clench your arm and shoulder muscles, especially the bicep muscles in your upper arms. Hold tight and count: one thousand . .. two thousand .. . three thousand . . . four thousand . . . five thousand … six thousand . .. seven thousand .. . eight thousand . .. nine_ thousand .. . ten thousand.

Slowly relax, dropping your arms to your lap as you take in a deep breath through your nose.

Take in a deep breath through your nose. Hold it for a moment. Now, let it out slowly, very slowly, through your mouth, taking at least five seconds to empty your lungs.

Take another big breath, filling up your lungs.

Hold it for a moment. Now, let it out slowly, very slowly.

Again. Hold your arms out to the sides of your body at shoulder level, palms up. Close your hands into tightly clenched fists. Bend your arms at the elbow, bringing your fingers to your ears. Clench your arm and shoulder muscles, especially the bicep muscles in your upper arms. Hold tight and count: one thousand . .. two thousand … three thousand . .. four thousand .. . five thousand … six thousand .. . seven thousand .. . eight thousand .. . nine thousand … ten thousand.

Slowly relax, dropping your arms to your lap as you take in a deep breath through your nose.

Take in a deep breath through your nose. Hold it for a moment. Now let it out slowly, very slowly, through your mouth, taking at least five seconds to empty your lungs.

Take another big breath, filling up your lungs.

Hold it for a moment. Now, let it out, slowly, very slowly.

For just a moment, concentrate on your arms. Feel how light and tingly they are.

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BEAN LENTIL SUPREME

1/2 cup
dried white beans
1/2 cup
Lentils
1/2 lb.
Cabbage
4
Carrots
3
stalks celery
1/2 lb.
Chinese mushrooms
3
tomatoes
2
potatoes
2
onions, chopped
2
cloves garlic, minced
6
cups water
1 tsp.
tomato paste
8
slices whole-wheat bread

white pepper to taste
Cook beans and lentils separately. Save cooking water. In blender or food processor, puree half the beans and lentils. Set aside.

Wash all vegetables. Core and shred cabbage, grate carrots, chop celery, slice mushrooms, peel and chop tomatoes and dice potatoes. Saute onions, garlic, carrots and celery in water. Add cooking water, plus enough water to make 6 cups, tomatoes, tomato paste, remaining vegetables, seasonings, beans, pureed beans and more water if necessary. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer about 1 hour.

Toast bread, break into croutons. Mix soup and bread pieces in bowls; garnish with chopped green onions and parsley.

Serves 8.

MARGARITA’S BLACK BEANS AND RICE

1
Onion
1
sweet red pepper
1
clove garlic
2 qts.
water or stock
1 lb.
black beans
1 tsp.
Oregano
1
bay leaf
2 tbls.
cider vinegar
1
cup brown rice, cooked

a pinch of cayenne pepper
Slice onion, dice pepper and crush garlic. Cook all ingredients, except rice, together for 3 hours, or until beans are tender. Serve over 1 cup cooked brown rice. Garnish with tomato wedges, chopped green onions and chopped parsley.

Serves 6 to 8.

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I’m sure you’re aware of the link between excess fat and heart disease, excess fat and strokes, excess fat and cancer; in fact, excess fat and all kinds of diseases.

Imagine trying to work in an office filled with thick, gooey fat. It’s all over your desk, in your drawers, oozing out of the walls, falling from the ceiling. It’s packed so thickly over your telephone receiver that you can’t hear what your caller is saying. You can’t even write, because your papers are covered. You can barely wade through the gunk piled two feet high in the hallway, and when you open the door to the adjoining office you’re buried in an avalanche of glop.

How much constructive work could you accomplish in such an environment? None. You’d spend all your time trying to clean up, to get the junk out of there before it destroys the office, and you along with it. How much health-building work can your

“doctor within” do if his workplace—your body—is literally covered with fat? If the fat has clogged up and closed your arteries, your “doctor within” can’t even get basic nourishment, let alone try to build good health.

We do need fat in our diet, but only in small amounts. Inside the body, a small amount of fat is useful for storing energy, carrying fat-soluble substances through the watery bloodstream, protecting and insulating us. Fat is like protein, in that a little bit is good, but too much is dangerous. Unfortunately, the S.A.D. is absolutely loaded with fat. And fat contributes to or exacerbates an amazing number of health problems. The “cancers of affluence’—cancers of the breast, colon and rectum, prostate, pancreas, ovaries and uterus—give gravestone testimony to the deadliness of dietary fat. So, do your “doctor within” a favor: keep your fat intake as low as possible.

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