Infinity Health & Wellness Magazine October / November 2016 | Page 24

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n Apple a Day? How about Six?
Apple Diet in the Cayce Readings
by Josephine Adamson, MD, MPH, CMT

For more than 20 individuals, the Cayce health
readings recommended the “Apple Diet” as a threeday cleansing. The Apple Diet was a modified fast
where one eats nothing but apples for three days
and drinks only black coffee and water. One reading
advocated eating at least five or six apples a day.

the ones ripening early in the growing season.
Though most of these American heirloom apple
types are hard to find, Jonathan and Delicious
varieties are available in many large grocery stores.
Those apples we now label as chemical-free,
“organic,” are preferred. Even back in Cayce’s day,
there were concerns about artificially ripened and
preserved fruit. Many of our supermarket apples
come from orchards as far away as New Zealand!
Apples grown as close to the consumer as possible
are the best choices.

Apples of the “jenneting” variety were specified in
the Apple Diet readings including Jonathan, Black
Arkansas, Red and Golden Delicious, Oregon Red,
Sheepnose, and Arkansas Russet. Webster’s Revised
Unabridged Dictionary traces the derivation of the
word “jenneting’ to an old French festival of St.
John’s Day on June 24. These apple varieties were

Additional instructions appeared in another reading:
“Drink plenty of water, and follow the three-day
diet with the big dose of Olive Oil.” (Edgar Cayce
Reading 1409-9) The doses recommended varied
from 2-3 teaspoons (3673-1) to two tablespoons
(780-12) to as much as one-half a teacup (6 oz)
which would be 6 tablespoons (1622-1).

Many people choose to fast for spiritual and/or
health reasons. For some it offers a time of focus and
reflection. For others it’s a kick-start for changing
eating habits and losing weight.

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