Articles and Books on Nutrition & Health
by Ron Schmid, ND

Newest Articles

• Cholesterol, Animal Fats and Heart Disease: A Modern Myth? – The complete chapter 10 of Dr. Ron's Book The Untold Story of Milk. (Bibliography to follow shortly)
  
  
• Making Sense of Nutritional Supplements – Dr. Ron discusses the basics of choosing nutritional supplements - which ones to take, when and how much. This article first appeared in the Fall 2012 journal The Price-Pottenger Journal of Health and Healing.
  
  
• Magnesium Stearate: What is it doing in your supplements? (updated) – What is it? Why do so Many Companies add it to Their Supplements? What are the Pros and Cons of Magnesium Stearate?
  
  
• Some Facts About Calcium Supplements, Bones and Raw Milk – "Breast Cancer and Heart Attacks: A Deadly Side Effect of Calcium Supplements?"
  
  
• The Dr. Ron’s Story – How Dr. Ron's got started and what our mission is.
  
  
• Dr. Ron’s Top Ten Health Secrets – Sunshine is underrated. Think South Seas island, under an umbrella. Don’t bake, just toast a little. Humans at heart are solar powered.
  
  
• Why Our Customers Love Ultra-Pure Body Care – Our gentle, effective shampoos, conditioners, skin care and shaving products, and toothpaste all feature botanical extracts and essential oils – without sodium laurel sulfate, propylene glycol, alcohol or parabens.
  
  
• Dr. Ron’s Superfats, Super Fun Diet for Healing, Weight Loss and Longevity – Paleo Meets Weston Price Meets Low Carb. The Natural Human Diet for Healing, Prevention and Longevity.
  
  
• Raw Milk Goes to Harvard – Dr. Ron's nephew, Nick, reports on his recent trip with Dr. Ron and Elly to watch the Raw Milk Debate at Harvard University. Sally Fallon Morell, President of the Weston A. Price Foundation and David Gumpert, author of The Raw Milk Revolution were the raw mik proponents at this event.
  
  
• Dr. Ron Answers Frequently Asked Questions – Dr. Ron responds to many common questions about his products.
  
  
• Doc’s Best, Our State-of-the-Art Multi is Genuine Health Insurance – Nutritional deficiencies are an important reason why we develop chronic medical problems. A properly formulated multi provides ideal amounts of all the essential vitamins, minerals, and other critical nutrients, in their optimal forms. This helps prevent or correct nutritional deficiencies.

• Why We Avoid All Additives in Our 100% Pure Supplements – Additives, such as magnesium stearate, are used for the convenience of manufacturers, not consumers. Learn why we make completely additive-free supplements.
  
  
• Dietary Supplements – What the Industry Does Not Want You to Know – Manufacturers generally deny that ubiquitous additives have detrimental effects. Here are the facts.
  
  
• Got Kids? On the Way? – Why Weston Price is a Mom’s Best Friend. Food and supplements we recommend for pregnant women and children.
  
  
• Can Vitamin E Kill You? – Media reports would have you think so. Read about why we think nearly everyone benefits from our state-of-the-art Vitamin E.
  
  
• The Untold Story of Milk – The newest edition of Dr. Ron’s milk book tells the real story about raw milk from grassfed animals, nature’s most nearly perfect food.
  
  
• Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine – Is cholesterol bad for you? Dr. Ron’s classic book on native, traditional, animal-fat rich diets will convince you otherwise.
  
  
• Food, Supplements, Weston A Price and Nutritional Principles – Here is an information-packed article about how Dr. Ron applies fundamental nutritional principles in designing healthy diets and formulating supplements.
  
  
• Diet, Chronic Disease and Optimal Health – All about the pioneering nutrition research of Weston A. Price and Dr. Ron's application of Dr. Price's dietary principles to his practice.

  
  
• The Health Benefits of Raw Milk from Grassfed Animals – This article detailing the profound effects of raw milk first appeared in Wise Traditions, the journal of the Weston A Price Foundation.
  
  
• Keeping a Family Cow – You may never have your own cow, but you’ll enjoy learning a bit about what it would be like.
  
  
• Recovering From Vegetarianism – Is being a vegetarian something you have to recover from? Dr. Ron’s thirty years of clinical experience tells him “Yes!
  
  
• Mental and Emotional Aspects of Healing – We may be what we eat, but we become what we think about. Learn how your diet and your mind interplay to create health or disease. This article was first published in the Health and Healing, the journal of the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation.
  
  
• Raw Milk: History, Health Benefits and Distortions – first published in Medical Veritas, the Journal of Medical Truth, this is Dr. Ron’s most comprehensive article about raw milk.