Live Better Longer: The Parcells Center Seven-Step Plan for Health and Longevity

A devotee of the philosophy of the late naturopath and nutritionist Hazel Parcells, Dispenza, who is the current director of the Parcells Center in Albuquerque, N.Mex., unabashedly promotes his mentor's teachings. Dispenza met Parcells when she was an astonishing 105 years old (she died at 106); soon she informed him that her spirit guides wanted him to help spread her program. The Parcells program involves purging, therapeutic bathing in hot water to which baking soda, salt, vinegar or Clorox are added in various formulations, and consuming only pure water (tap water can be cleansed by exposing it to full-spectrum light) and natural, clean foods (which often require more bleach and water soaks) in the proper combinations: one protein per meal; dairy products not to be cooked with meat, poultry or fish; most starches separate from dairy and meat, poultry, or fish. Keeping a healthful home means full-spectrum lighting, proper colors and furniture placement (yellow aids digestion; the bed should face east), and stainless steel--never aluminum--cooking utensils. Drugs are frowned on; in the event of illness, color therapy and natural remedies are recommended. Among the more startling claims, for which no scientific evidence is provided, is that the use of a simple pendulum (ordering information included) will enable people to assess their health and select the proper foods and food supplements. Author tour. (May)