Conclusion

Possible causes of deaths Today I heard that when pigeons eat dried rice, it swells up in their stomachs and causes their death. Since my mice in this cage have been eating the brown rice as their only carbohydrate grain, this may very well be the cause of these deaths. The sixth death occurred because last night was exceptionally cold. (A later test where I gave ground dry rice as a grain caused several deaths which appeared to confirm this.) Since the rice was their chief grain for 43 days, five deaths were very little considering that they were on this raw, pure, vegetarian diet for 47 days and 37 before without grain, totalling 84 days of both combined, a human equivalent of 84 months or seven years. Another factor to be considered is the absence of Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D in their diet for this long period, which could have been a cause of these five deaths; the first one beginning after the 50th day of this pure vegetarian diet, which, for humans, would have been the 50th month.

Basis for Ideal Raw Diet
All facts considered, I've come to the conclusion that this 100% raw, vegetarian program is a solid basis for a safe, complete protein and finely-balanced ideal, raw food diet, which could be used for years if necessary for

(a) a survival diet under famine conditions;
(b) as an introductory diet for weight loss and many pathological conditions; and
(c) with the inclusion of additional variety in grains, legumes, seeds, nuts, it could be most satisfying, and with the addition of some dairy or eggs, fish, or other animal food, it could provide all factors to cover all bodily needs (B12, Vitamin D, etc.). Some fruit may safely be added as well as other carbohydrates such as potatoes, corn, yams, squash, etc.

Unique Raw Food Program - Free from Deficiencies
The solid proof of the great potential of this basic raw food vegetarian diet which has been proven successful with the mice, clearly indicates that humans now, for the first time, have a 100% raw food program which they may go on safely, free from all deficiencies. I know of no other raw food program in existence which is totally free from deficiencies at present. A complete diet will be worked out and presented at the end of the book upon completion.

Ending the diet Note: On the 49th day of this diet (and the 12th day of added grain), the mice in this cage were bigger, heavier, cleaner and 100% better than the cage of mice who were on the 17th day of their diet where fruit was their only carbohydrate (and the rest of their diet included egg, cheese, and lettuce).

• 11/27/85: I ended this diet today by adding cheese to it. Two days later, I saw six newborn babies in this raw food vegetarian cage which had just completed 84 days on this diet. These six newborn babies looked healthy.

• 11/29/85: Today I decided to wind down my tests due to the approaching winter and also because I had answers already to my most important questions.

Comparing my mice to those in the pet shop I kept this cage (No. 1) for further tests, but I brought cages 2, 3, and 4, which were full of mice, to the pet shop. When we compared my mice to his in the pet shop, mine looked 33% to 50% larger. He admitted this immediately and remarked that they looked healthy. I asked him if it was better that they were bigger and he said absolutely. He then asked me if I would breed a scarce group of golden-haired mice of his which wasn't reproducing well. He was impressed with my mice. I said I could consider it.

Reasons for healthier mice I attribute my mice being larger and healthier than his to the following reasons: 1) his mice were fed mice chow exclusively - no fresh vegetable greens, no cheese or eggs, whereas mine had all these foods; 2) the mice in cage No.1 which I kept on the 84 days total of the raw food vegetarian diet look beautiful, large, well-developed, healthy, very active, and several looked pregnant. These mice on their raw diet of soaked grains, soaked lentils, sunflower seeds (dry and soaked) and lettuce leaves (with occasional carrot tops) and lately dry millet (hulled) look better than any of the other cage mice, whereas the other cages had daily store cheese added to their diets.