The Law Of Utilization

10. The Law Of Utilization

The normal elements and materials of life are all that the living organism is ever capable of constructively utilizing, whether it is well or sick, and there must always be a normal relation between the living organism, whether in a state of normal or abnormal activity, and the material things that contribute, more or less perfectly, to sustaining biological and physiological phenomena.

This law may seem a very simple one, but it is a very important law to fully understand. What this means is that no substance or process that is not a factor-element in physiology can be of any value in the living structure under any circumstances of life. That which is nonusable in a state of health must be equally nonusable in a state of ill-health. There are two categories of substances that enter or occasion contact with the body: Those that afford nourishment, which is food, and those that have no normal relationship with the body. They may be chemically dangerous or relatively inert but afford no nourishment. These are categorically recognized as poisons. When we are in a condition of disease, only those substances and influences that are not foreign, but usable and necessary factor-elements in a state of health, should be supplied. Only they can be of any advantage to us.

Therefore, when sick or manifesting symptoms, the body is not able to appropriate substances that would contribute to ill-health if taken under normal conditions. Anything which offers no nutritive value or cannot be appropriated into living tissue in the context of a natural food substance suitable to our biological and physiological identity as a frugivore must be correctly recognized as a poison and should be avoided in all instances. A poison has no normal relationship with a healthy body. It is not usable in a state of health nor in a state of sickness. Disease is a biological process—a defensive action instigated by the body in an inherent effort to put right that which has developed into a difficult situation and has become threatening to the life of the organism. As such, it is a normal process of correcting that which has developed into abnormality. The body behaves essentially in the same way in a state of ill-health as it does in a state of health, dealing with adversity as it is confronted with it; therefore, the factors and elements of health are rightly employed for the same purposes in the care of a sick organism as in the care of a healthy one. Keep in mind that we are dealing with changes in conditions and how to intelligently allow the body to effect the proper changes necessary to recover its normal state of health. Only the conditions change; the laws remain constant.