RECOMMENDED DIET

It is recommended that those embarking upon a substantial change of diet (and especially those who might have any serious physical condition) begin making these changes gradually rather than attempting to "do it all by yesterday." The following are basic suggestions for most people. Please bear in mind that each of us is unique in our needs. Please refer to How We Heal for further details:

"Eating Wisely and Well"
The following items and practices will form the core of a healthy diet:
Eat whole and natural foods.
Eat organic and/or biodynamically produced foods.
Use fermented foods.
Eat fresh foods.
Eat mainly local foods in season.
Eat raw foods.
Eat raw protein.
Eat raw food first if possible.
Have a high ratio of raw to cooked foods.
Use good quality salt.
Deactivate phytic acid and enzyme inhibitors.
Eat leafy greens.
Combine EFAs and sulfur proteins.
Make soups from bones and organs.
Eat foods that have a good historical track record.
Use healthy methods of food preservation.
Use only the best types of cookware.
Use only the best methods of cooking.

"Detrimental Food Choices"
The following items and influences should be reduced and eventually eliminated from the diet:
Refined, skeletonized or processed foods
White sugar
White flour
Margarine or partially hydrogenated oils
Heated oils
Homogenized dairy products
Pasteurized dairy products
Sprayed foods or foods grown with chemicals
Canned foods
Pork
Caffeine
Distilled alcohol
Microwaved foods
Irradiated foods
Genetically modified foods
Food preservatives
Artificial colorings
Artificial sweeteners
Aluminum cookware

For information on dietary fats, please refer to:
"Essential Fatty Acids and Dietary Fats" by Douglas W. Morrison

For information on vitamin A, please refer to:

"Vitamin A Saga" by Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig Ph.D.

For information on vitamin B12, please refer to:
"Twelve Points on Vitamin B12" by Peter Hinde

For more information on dietary protein, please refer to:
"Eat Raw Protein Daily" by Kyle Grimshaw-Jones

For detailed information about diet the following books are recommended:

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
How We Heal by Douglas W. Morrison
Enzyme Nutrition by Edward Howell
Know Your Fats: The Complete Primer For Understanding the Nutrition
        of Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol  by Mary G. Enig
The Metabolic Typing Diet by William Wolcott & Trish Fahey

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SUPPLEMENTS

The state of nutrient saturation necessary for Body Electronics (as well as for the restoration and/or maintenance of vibrant health) may be best achieved through the appropriate combination of a proper diet as well as the use of certain high quality natural supplements. For more information on supplements click here.

SOURCES FOR LOCAL and/or ORGANIC FOOD

Many people would like to be eating more locally and/or organically grown foods. Many people would happily purchase some or most of their food straight from their local farmer, if only they could find such a farmer. The goal of the links below is to put consumers and farmers into direct contact with one another, so that consumers can purchase food straight from the farm. The consumer wins, because they get high quality food at an affordable price. The farmer wins, because they can make a reasonable living selling straight to the consumer and cutting out so many of the middlemen. They can also raise a variety of crops and animals, and farm in a more sustainable and ecologically friendly manner. While one way for this to happen is for farmers to operate either a storefront at their farm or to sell their produce at local farmers markets, another method that has been developed is known as CSA or Community Supported Agriculture. Here is a brief description of how CSA works:

Many farms offer produce subscriptions, where buyers receive a weekly or monthly basket of produce, flowers, fruits, eggs, milk, coffee, or any sort of different farm products. A CSA, (for Community Supported Agriculture) is a way for the food buying public to create a relationship with a farm and to receive a weekly basket of produce. By making a financial commitment to a farm, people become "members" (or "shareholders," or "subscribers") of the CSA. Most CSA farmers prefer that members pay for the season up-front, but some farmers will accept weekly or monthly payments. Some CSAs also require that members work a small number of hours on the farm during the growing season. A CSA season typically runs from late spring through early fall. The number of CSAs in the United States was estimated at 50 in 1990, and has since grown to over 1000.

My very good friend Marcy Ostrom has been working in the area of CSA for over a decade, first at the University of Wisconsin and more recently at Washington State University. She is currently the Director of the Small Farms Program (www.smallfarms.wsu.edu) at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (http://csanr.wsu.edu) at Washington State University. She is also an Associate Professor, Community and Rural Sociology at WSU. Many thanks, Marcy, for sending me these links!

Here are a number of links for various organizations promoting CSA. These are mostly within the USA. If anyone from elsewhere (or the USA) has other links to add to this list, please feel free to send them to <douglas@howweheal.com>:

http://www.foodroutes.org/

http://www.buylocalfood.com/

http://www.eatlocal.net/

http://www.ecotrust.org/foodfarms/

http://www.organicconsumers.org/

http://www.newfarm.org/features/0803/localfoodchall.shtml

The most extensive national farm locator website currently is: http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M9006.

Sites that specifically claim to help find CSA farms:

Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association CSA listings
http://www.biodynamics.com/csa.html

Local Harvest
http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

NewFarm Farm Locator
http://newfarm.org/farmlocator/index.php

Wilson College, Robyn Van En Center CSA Farm Database
http://www.wilson.edu/wilson/asp/content.asp?id=804

The Eat Well Guide
http://www.eatwellguide.org/

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Click here to discover the Perfect Diet for your metabolism using the Online Questionnaire developed by William Wolcott, principal author of The Metabolic Typing Diet.
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Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price
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PPNF FUNDAMENTALS

About Weston A. Price, D.D.S.

Dr. Weston A. Price, a Cleveland dentist, has been called the "Charles Darwin of Nutrition." In his search for the causes of dental decay and physical degeneration that he observed in his dental practice, he turned from test tubes and microscopes to unstudied evidence among human beings. Dr. Price sought the factors responsible for fine teeth among the people who had them -- the isolated "primitives." The world became his laboratory. As he traveled, his findings led him to the belief that dental caries and deformed dental arches resulting in crowded, crooked teeth and unattractive appearance were merely a sign of physical degeneration, resulting from what he had suspected -- nutritional deficiencies.

Price traveled the world over in order to study isolated human groups, including sequestered villages in Switzerland, Gaelic communities in the Outer Hebrides, Eskimos and Indians of North America, Melanesian and Polynesian South Sea Islanders, African tribes, Australian Aborigines, New Zealand Maori and the Indians of South America. Wherever he went, Dr. Price found that beautiful, straight teeth, freedom from decay, stalwart bodies, resistance to disease and fine characters were typical of primitives on their traditional diets, rich in essential food factors.

When Price analyzed the foods used by isolated primitive peoples, he found that they contained at least four times the water soluble vitamins, calcium and other minerals, and at least ten times the fat soluble vitamins from animal foods such as butter, fish, eggs, shellfish and organ meats.

The importance of good nutrition for mothers during pregnancy has long been recognized, but Dr. Price's investigation showed that primitives understood and practiced preconceptional nutritional programs for both parents. Many tribes required a period of premarital nutrition, and children were spaced to permit the mother to maintain her full health and strength, thus assuring subsequent offspring of physical excellence. Special foods were often given to pregnant and lactating women, as well as to the maturing boys and girls in preparation for future parenthood. Dr. Price found these foods to be very rich in fat soluble vitamins A and D -- nutrients only found in animal fats.

These primitives with their fine bodies, homogeneous reproduction, emotional stability and freedom from degenerative ills stand forth in sharp contrast to those subsisting on the impoverished foods of civilization -- sugar, white flour, pasteurized milk and convenience foods filled with extenders and additives.

The discoveries and conclusion of Dr. Price are presented in his classic volume Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, available from the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation. The book contains striking photographs of handsome, healthy primitives and illustrates in an unforgettable way the physical degeneration that occurs when human groups abandon nourishing traditional diets in favor of modern convenience foods.

Conclusions of the Price Research
Dental decay is caused primarily by nutritional deficiencies. Although radically different, 14 tribal diets provided almost complete immunity to tooth decay and resistance to disease. The diets contained no refined or devitalized foods. Laboratory analyses revealed that all of these diets were unusually high in protein, vitamins, minerals and especially in fat soluble factors found only in animal fats. Contact with civilization, followed by adoption of the "displacing foods of modern commerce," was disastrous for all groups studied. Rampant dental caries were followed by progressive facial deformities in children born to parents consuming refined and devitalized foods. These changes consisted of narrowed facial structure and dental arches, along with crowded teeth, birth defects and increased susceptibility to infectious and chronic disease. Significantly, when some natives returned to their traditional diets, open cavities ceased progressing and children subsequently conceived and born once again had perfect dental arches and no tooth decay. If civilized man is to survive, he must incorporate the fundamentals of primitive nutritional wisdom into his modern lifestyle. The application of Price's findings in clinical practice gives great satisfaction to both doctor and patient.

About Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., MD
Important advances in medicine and dentistry have always sprung from the minds of independent and original thinkers -- keen observers whose imagination, integrity and common sense give them the courage to question official dogma. Such a man was Dr. Francis M. Pottenger. He was dedicated to the cause of preventing chronic illness and made significant contributions to the understanding of the role of nutrition in maintaining good health. His chance observation regarding the effect of foods on the mortality rate of cats led to his classical experiments in cat feeding. More than 900 cats were studied over ten years.

Dr. Pottenger found that only diets containing raw milk and raw meat produced optimal health. Cats on the all-raw diet had good bone structure and density, wide palates with plenty of space for the teeth, shiny fur, and freedom from parasites and disease. They reproduced with ease and were gentle and easy to handle.

Cooking the meat or substituting heat processed milk for raw resulted in heterogeneous reproduction and physical degeneration, increasing with each generation. Kittens of third generation cats failed to survive six months. Skin diseases and allergies increased from an incidence of five percent in normal cats to over ninety percent in the third generation. Bones became soft and pliable; calcium and phosphorous content diminished. The cats suffered from adverse personality changes. Female cats became more aggressive while males became docile. The cats suffered from hypothyroidism and most of the degenerative diseases encountered in human medicine. They died out completely by the fourth generation.

The following diets were the basis of the study:

The Meat Study: two diets were used
Diet A: HEALTHY 1/3 raw milk, cod liver oil, 2/3 raw meat
Diet B: DEFICIENT 1/3 raw milk, cod liver oil, 2/3 cooked meat

The Milk Study: five diets were used
Diet A: HEALTHY 1/3 raw meat, cod liver oil, 2/3 raw milk
Diet B: DEFICIENT 1/3 raw meat, cod liver oil, 2/3 pasteurized milk
Diet C: DEFICIENT 1/3 raw meat, cod liver oil, 2/3 evaporated milk
Diet D: DEFICIENT 1/3 raw meat, cod liver oil, 2/3 sweetened condensed milk
Diet E: DEFICIENT Raw metabolized, vitamin D milk (E1: Milk from cows on dry feed E2: Milk from cows on green feed)

Degeneration proceeded more quickly on diets C and D. Diet E1 produced unexpected results -- rickets and early death of male kittens.

The changes in facial structure and onset of degenerative disease that Pottenger observed in cats on deficient diets paralleled the human degeneration that Dr. Price found in tribes and villages that had abandoned traditional foods.

Dr. Pottenger tried to return degenerating cats to health. He found it took four generations on raw meat and raw milk to bring the kittens of second-generation degenerating cats back to normal. This experiment could not be done with third-generation degenerating cats because they could not give birth to viable offspring.

PPNF Dietary Guidelines
1. Eat whole, natural foods.
2. Eat only foods that will spoil, but eat them before they do.
3. Eat naturally-raised meat including fish, seafood, poultry, beef, lamb, game, organ meats and eggs.
4. Eat whole, naturally-produced milk products, preferably raw and/or fermented, such as whole yogurt, whole cheeses and fresh and sour cream.
5. Use only traditional fats and oils including butter and other animal fats, extra virgin olive oil, expeller expressed sesame and flax oil and the tropical oils -- coconut and palm.
6. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, preferably organic, in salads and soups, or lightly steamed with butter.
7. Use whole grains and nuts that have been prepared by soaking, sprouting or sour leavening to neutralize phytic acid and other anti-nutrients.
8. Include enzyme-enhanced lacto-fermented vegetables, fruits and beverages and condiments in your diet on a regular basis.
9. Prepare homemade meat stocks from the bones of chicken, beef, lamb or fish and use liberally in soups and sauces.
10. Use herb teas and coffee substitutes.
11. Use spring water for cooking and drinking.
12. Use unrefined Celtic sea salt and a variety of herbs and spices for food interest and appetite stimulation.
13. Make your own salad dressing using raw vinegar, extra virgin olive oil and expeller expressed flax oil.
14. Use natural sweeteners in moderation, such as raw honey, maple syrup, dehydrated cane sugar juice and the herb stevia.
15. Use only unpasteurized wine or beer in strict moderation with meals.
16. Cook only in stainless steel, cast iron, glass or good quality enamel.
17. Use only natural supplements.
18. Get plenty of sleep, exercise and natural light.
19. Think positive thoughts and minimize stress.
20. Practice forgiveness.

Dietary Dangers
1. Don't eat commercially processed foods such as cookies, cakes, crackers, TV dinners, soft drinks, packaged sauce mixes, etc.
2. Avoid all refined sweeteners such as sugar, dextrose, glucose and high fructose corn syrup.
3. Avoid white flour, white flour products and white rice.
4. Avoid all hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fats and oils.
5. Avoid all vegetable oils made from soy, corn, safflower, canola or cottonseed.
6. Do not use polyunsaturated oils for cooking, sauteing or baking.
7. Avoid fried foods.
8. Do not practice strict vegetarianism (veganism); animal products provide vital nutrients not found in plant foods.
9. Avoid products containing protein powders.
10. Avoid pasteurized milk; do not consume low-fat milk, skim milk, powdered milk or imitation milk products.
11. Avoid battery produced eggs and factory farmed meats.
12. Avoid highly processed luncheon meats and sausage.
13. Avoid rancid and improperly prepared seeds, nuts and grains found in granolas, quick rise breads and extruded breakfast cereals, as they block mineral absorption and cause intestinal distress.
14. Avoid canned, sprayed, waxed or irradiated fruits and vegetables.
15. Avoid artificial food additives, especially MSG, hydrolyzed vegetable protein and aspartame, which are neurotoxins. Most soups, sauce and broth mixes and commercial condiments contain MSG, even if not so labeled.
16. Avoid caffeine-containing beverages such as coffee, tea and soft drinks. Avoid chocolate.
17. Avoid aluminum-containing foods such as commercial salt, baking powder and antacids. Do not use aluminum cookware or aluminum-containing deodorants.
18. Do not drink fluoridated water.
19. Avoid synthetic vitamins and foods containing them.
20. Do not drink distilled liquors.
21. Do not use a microwave oven.

Characteristics of Traditional Diets
1. The diets of healthy primitive and nonindustrialized peoples contain no refined or denatured foods such as refined sugar or corn syrup; white flour; canned foods; pasteurized, homogenized, skim or low-fat milk; refined or hydrogenated vegetable oils; protein powders; artificial vitamins or toxic additives and colorings.
2. All traditional cultures consume some sort of animal protein and fat from fish and other seafood; water and land fowl; land animals; eggs; milk and milk products; reptiles; and insects.
3. Primitive diets contain at least four times the calcium and other minerals and TEN times the fat soluble vitamins from animal fats (vitamin A, vitamin D and the Price Factor) as the average American diet.
4. In all traditional cultures, some animal products are eaten raw.
5. Primitive and traditional diets have a high food enzyme content from raw dairy products, raw meat and fish; raw honey; tropical fruits; cold-pressed oils; wine and unpasteurized beer; and naturally preserved, lacto-fermented vegetables, fruits, beverages, meats and condiments.
6. Seeds, grains and nuts are soaked, sprouted, fermented or naturally leavened before being consumed.
7. Only about 4% of calories come from polyunsaturated oils naturally occurring in grains, pulses, nuts, fish, animal fats and vegetables.
8. Traditional diets contain nearly equal amounts of omega-6 and omega-3 essential fatty acids.
9. All primitive diets contain some salt.
10. Most traditional cultures use gelatin-rich meat broths.
11. Traditional cultures make provisions for the health of future generations by providing special nutrient-rich foods for parents-to-be, pregnant women and growing children; by proper spacing of children; and by teaching the principles of right diet to the young.

(Reprinted from the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation with permission)
for more info contact:
Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation
PO Box 2614
La Mesa CA 91943 USA
phone: +1-619-462-7600
fax: +1-619-433-3136
<info@price-pottenger.org>
www.price-pottenger.org

	and your copy of How We Heal will be autographed by author Douglas W. Morrison.
Click here to discover the Perfect Diet for your metabolism using the Online Questionnaire developed by William Wolcott, principal author of The Metabolic Typing Diet.
Click here to go directly to the Grainfields website, where you can get prices and place orders directly for shipment from Australia to you.
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price
Click here to receive price and ordering information by e-mail on all other supplements.  (Please be sure to include your NAME & ADDRESS in your e-mail.)
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