A traditional diet can make you healthy!

Traditional diets are common to people in Asian, Mediterranean, African and Pacific island regions...among others. According to the Weston A. Price Foundation, traditional diets, regardless of the country of origin, have a number of things in common. Here's a very brief overview:

No refined foods, processed dairy, artificial supplements or toxic additives.

Consume some animal protein, some of which is raw.

Much higher calcium, mineral and vitamin levels than the typical American diet.

High in enzymes from eating raw or naturally/fermented/preserved foods.

Sprouted grains and nuts are eaten to release nutrients.

Higher fat content but much lower levels of polyunsatured oils.

Equal amounts of omega-6 and omega-3.

Include salt.

Eat some animal bones.

Would you like vibrant health, long life and children who will be free of disease?
The benefits of a traditional diet include excellent physical health and perfect facial forms and perfect teeth with no cavities.

During the 1950s and 1960s, I often wondered how people who lived in Third World countries could have perfect teeth, when people in America and other industrialized countries had terrible teeth. Traditional diets are so rich in natural nutrients that disfigured bodies, faces and teeth simply don't happen like they do in "rich" countries with lots of doctors, dentists and wonder drugs.

According to Weston Price, DDS, and Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., MD, it takes only one generation of eating a non-traditional diet in order to see the damaging results. When people immigrate to industrialized countries, they integrate "modern" dietary practices into their menus. The result is children with poor health, physical deformities and poorly formed teeth (prone to cavities) or incorrectly spaced teeth (noticeable gaps).

Eating a traditional diet is easy
An interesting aspect of traditional diets is the use of common, everyday foods. While you may have some difficulty finding some of the foods at Safeway and other big supermarkets, you've probably got a local international supermarket that carries virtually every food and supply you'll need to stick to a 100% traditional diet.

To get more information, cookbooks and even gardening books if you'd like to grow your own produce, visit the book section of the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation. They even have books about feeding an optimal diet to your pets.

You can also click on the links below to get some of the books through Amazon.



Additional sources:
Weston A. Price Foundation
Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation

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"Let food be thy medicine and
medicine be thy food" - Hippocrates