Session 14 — January 2012

Frederic asks how accurate the blood type model is, given that combining its restrictions with his other food sensitivities leaves him little to eat.

The Wonders call it fairly accurate but with gray areas - a guideline, not a bible, to be tailored to the individual, since the body may enjoy foods the model says to avoid.

As a type A he is described as a grazer: small portions many times a day rather than large meals, roughly what fits in the cupped palm each hour.

Heavy meats should be avoided; a vegetarian diet including cheese and eggs (not vegan) would be excellent for him, with fish no more than once every six months if he went that route - though this is offered as what a vegetarian choice would look like, not a directive.

As a ratio guide, protein should fill the center of the palm and complex carbohydrates the outer part, palm only, not fingers.

Soy is acceptable in moderation alongside other legumes such as lentils and beans, but not as a wholesale meat substitute.

On marine phytoplankton they say it has some benefit but such supplements are mainly needed to offset an unbalanced diet; eating properly is better.

They note most eating is emotional, fraternal and social rather than nourishment, and advise that while eating one should relax and concentrate on the food without reading, television, computer or conversation, saving conversation for afterward.

Frederic links his oscillation between healthier and less healthy behavior to the material on the methodology of dying and admits he can see himself slowly self-destructing; the Wonders reply that now he knows, he has a choice, that honesty with himself lets his mind move with him, and that conscious living means catching the mind's rebellion early.

Asked about pau d'arco recommended for fungus in his digestive tract, the Wonders say it is reasonably good but will not eliminate an overgrowth of yeast, whereas the cleansing protocol from their series on various cleansing protocols will, and they note diet matters since starches and sugar feed yeast.

Asked about TA65, they say it has very minimal benefits and is more hype than benefit.

They illustrate with an orange: a grower wanting to sell more oranges builds a myth that the fruit cures everything; the body still benefits from the orange, but not as hyped.

The mind, they add, finds a plain orange boring and seeks something titillating and exciting instead.

Frederic describes the opposing extremes he hears about dental materials.

The Wonders say modern implants do micro-leach, but at current technology's leaching rate an implant placed at age 20 would last roughly 744 years before needing replacement - more than enough for a present life cycle - so reasonableness should apply.

The ideal would be stem-cell-grown teeth, which are not yet commercial but are expected to be in about 10 to 12 years; rather than wait, get the implant now and replace it later, since missing teeth cause bone loss, gum disease and bone structure movement.

For a filling being replaced the next day, they recommend a plastic or composite filling as better for the body, and when he mentions dentists arguing that other materials last longer, they agree that is true and joke that metal underwear would also last longer but nobody wants it.

Frederic revisits an earlier discussion of deflation versus inflation and asks about money printing and hyperinflation.

The Wonders describe a global movement to rebalance monetary power away from the United States toward China, with many players seeking to profit from the disarray, which they call greed.

Many countries will move into hyperinflation and eventually hyperdeflation; the Chinese would then take over the world's economies, with the International Monetary Fund basing itself on the Chinese currency rather than the American dollar - possible within the next 30 to 50 years, with many probabilities in play.

The key question is whether China calls in the US debt it holds; China would rather be the power behind the throne than the throne itself.

The American empire is described as collapsing gradually, as Rome did over some 600 years.

On investments, gold will move neither far up nor far down, talk of $50,000 gold is wishful thinking though many push for it to profit, banks in certain countries such as Canada are good, Google is a good company and Apple will stay steady for another 7 to 10 years before dipping.

On the euro, there is a good but not certain probability it collapses, though it would be replaced by another common instrument or a reorganized euro - the forces are roughly 50-50, and the current structure is not organized enough to sustain itself.

The Wonders tell Frederic he has a truly amazing gift for words.

He replies that repeated rejection makes that hard to believe; they answer that he was writing to please others rather than for himself.

They encourage him to write anything - short or long stories - and point out that electronic publishing costs nothing and lets him sell his words in many formats through Amazon, Google or his own website.

They tease that his self-deprecating humor and scattered comments could be collected into a book that many would enjoy, and repeat that he should stop navel-gazing since no one else is interested in his navel.