Dr. JOHN H TILDEN

 Dr. John Henry Tilden was born on January 21, 1851, in Van Berenburg, Illinois, to a physician father named Dr. Joseph G. Tilden. He studied medicine at the Eclectic Medical Institute, which was established in 1830 as a response to the traditional allopathic and homeopathic medical practices. He graduated in 1872 with a medical degree. Dr. Tilden began his medical career in Nokomis, Illinois, and continued there until 1890 when he relocated to Denver. In Denver, he set up his practice in the downtown area alongside other doctors. Eventually, he opened a sanitarium in a more suburban part of the city, which he managed along with a school until 1924, when he sold the institution for about half of what he had invested in its growth.

He purchased two properties on Pennsylvania in Denver, established a new sanitarium and school, and had to borrow some money from a friend to fund the purchases. This school operated until the doctor's passing on September 1, 1940. During his early practice in Illinois, Dr. Tilden started to doubt the effectiveness of medicine in treating illnesses. His extensive reading, particularly of European medical studies, led him to believe there must be a way to live that prevents disease. This period marked the development of his ideas on toxaemia. From the start of his practice in Denver, Tilden avoided using medicine and instead focused on his theory of detoxifying the body, allowing nature to heal, and teaching his patients how to live in a way that avoids toxic conditions and maintains a healthy, disease-free body.

In 1900, he started a monthly magazine named The Stuffed Club, which was later renamed Health Review and Critique in 1926. He usually wrote for this magazine in the early morning, from three to seven o'clock. The goal of the magazine wasn't to make money but to share his teachings. Eventually, it gained a lot of readers, not just in the U.S. but also in places like Australia, although it never made any profit for Tilden. Tilden believed that toxaemia mainly comes from overeating or consuming the wrong foods. He also thought that 'enervation' played a big role because when nervous energy is low, the digestive and elimination systems can't work properly. He stated that digestion and nutrition rely on two ferments, and any change in them can disrupt health, which is what we refer to as disease. Disease occurs when health is thrown off balance by outside and internal factors.

Tilden believed that the germs in our bodies, food, air, and soil are essential for our survival. If they weren't, they wouldn't exist. Nature doesn't make mistakes. When good things are misused, they can become less beneficial or even harmful. Elements like food, sunlight, and air can either help or hurt us, depending on how we use them. Germs are just as vital as water; without water, we quickly perish, and being overwhelmed by it can also be fatal. Tilden didn't avoid meat and noted that some people criticize him for saying that certain sick individuals need meat to heal. He claims these critics are just expressing opinions without understanding the real science behind diet and its role in treating illness. There's a lot of emotion around the topic of killing and eating meat. Humans have evolved from nature and can't escape the natural laws that govern us. We became the top species due to our intelligence, which has led us to hunt and dominate other animals. Tilden questions the medical view that sees microscopic life as our biggest threat, asking where we should draw the line if all life is considered sacred.

Tilden goes on to say that a Chicago high school professor believes the horse-fly should be seen as a sacred creature. He argues that if we shouldn't kill flies, then we also shouldn't kill mosquitoes, because doing so would eliminate the tiny organisms that rely on these creatures for survival. Killing a fly doesn't just end its life; it also affects countless microscopic beings that depend on it for food and transport. Without flies, bacteria wouldn't be able to move from places like stockyards to the bedrooms of sleeping babies. This idea can be applied to all insects. If it's wrong to take human life, then it must also be wrong to take any life, from tiny bacteria to huge elephants, and even to eat vegetables, since they are homes to millions of microscopic beings. According to this logic, being clean is a crime; changing clothes, bathing, and using combs all disturb and kill various beings, taking away their life and freedom. If this is true, then the only truly moral people would be those living in remote areas or slums, who live alongside lice, bedbugs, and other insects, embracing a life without ambition or modern civilization.

People who want us to stop killing animals need to explain their reasoning and what gives them the right to set those limits. As long as we let feelings and emotional craziness define what is right and wrong, we will lose sight of real cause and effect, and true morality. You can't be truly moral if your body is unhealthy, so the best moral education anyone can get is to focus on being completely healthy. This can't happen through teaching extreme beliefs. Those against eating meat want us to think that all our problems come from eating animal products.

The person who understands the real reasons behind human suffering realizes that humans can consume a lot of meat without serious issues, as long as it comes from healthy animals. I don't care about the arguments that say our mouths and teeth are meant for foods other than meat. Humans are incredibly adaptable, and one proof of this is our ability to eat a wide variety of foods. The only thing that limits us is ignorance. I often encounter people who seem to know more about nutrition in just a moment than I could learn in a whole year. It takes more than just bias and extreme views to help sick individuals.

Tilden strongly believed in science, stating, "Don't think I don't believe in science! It's essential for our foundation, and everyone should learn as much as they can. But if someone only focuses on science and ignores everything else, they'll end up with a messy outcome. Taking a blood sample or checking urine only reveals the current condition, not how it got that way if it's abnormal. To find a cure, we need to understand the cause, not just the symptoms. Without knowing the cause, there's no hope for a cure."