Weston A Price and the
Principles of Recovery
Dr.
Price studied native people from the far north
country of Alaska and Canada to the equatorial
regions of Africa and the South Pacific, from
the mountains of Switzerland to the jungles
of the Amazon. He encountered a tremendous range
of diets, all based on what food was locally
available and upon wisdom passed down for hundreds
of generations. From the information he compiled,
we are left to draw conclusions about how to
select foods today to restore and maintain health.
This is no
easy task. I have sought to understand Price’s
work and apply it in my own. Here are a few
observations I have made about recovering from
vegetarianism and the pervasive influence vegetarian
thinking has had on most of us.
- When it comes to quality
grassfed animal food, more is better. One
need not fear eating too much, and a substantial
part is best eaten raw or undercooked.
- Grains are a relatively
new food for humans. Only a few of the cultures
Price studied ate grains. When eaten, grains
were very carefully and traditionally prepared.
Grain foods that do not meet this criteria
are best avoided. Many people feel best by
simply eliminating all grain foods.
- Almost every individual
does well with the right kind and quantities
of grassfed raw dairy foods for him or her,
and with fermented vegetables.
- The right special foods
and supplemental nutrients for the individual
result in a much more rapid and thorough recovery.
These include high
vitamin cod liver oil, X-factor
butter oil, probiotics,
organs
and glands, and often other nutrients
such as iodine,
coenzyme
Q10 and bone
calcium.
- The help of a practitioner
who understands Dr. Price’s work may
be invaluable. There is no one-size-fits-all
diet you will find in any book by any “expert”
(an expert being, in Will Rogers’ words,
somebody who wrote a book and lives at least
fifty miles away). Your needs are your own,
based on your likes and dislikes, background
and current condition, what’s available
and practical for you, and many other intangibles
that can only be understood in the context
of a carefully taken medical history. A good
practitioner is a mentor who can help you
find the specific diet, special foods, and
nutrients and proportions that are right for
you.
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