WiseIN FOOD, FARMING Traditions AND THE HEALING ARTS A PUBLICATION OF ® Volume 9 Number 1 THE W ESTON A. P RICE F OUNDATION Spring 2008 CONTENTS FEATURES An Inconvenient Cow Page 16 All Thumbs Book Reviews Page 58 Matt Rales examines claims that Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal vegetarianism hurts the environment The Fertility Diet Vegetarianism and Deficiencies Page 25 Growing Wise Kids Page 64 Chris Masterjohn looks at the hard facts Jen Allbritton on bodacious beverages of nutrient deficiencies in vegetarians for kids Twenty-two Reasons Page 37 GMO Report Page 70 Sally Fallon responds to arguments Jeffrey Smith shares his plan for for vegetarianism avoiding genetically modified foods Traditional Diet in Russia Page 49 Soy Alert Page 73 Katherine Czapp explores eating by the Kaayla Daniel on our petition to seasons in Mother Russia rescind the soy heart health claim MSG Update Page 75 DEPARTMENTS Jack Samuels counters the latest industry propaganda President’s Message Page 2 Dr. Price’s greatest disappointment NAIS Update Page 80 Judith McGeary keeps us updated Letters Page 3 A Campaign for Real Milk Page 86 Robert Irons finds more proof that Caustic Commentary Page 12 Sally Fallon and Mary Enig pasteurization destroys nutrients take on the Diet Dictocrats Healthy Baby Gallery Page 91 Page 92 Know Your Fats Page 55 Local Chapters Mary Enig reviews the Canadian Shop Heard ‘Round the World Page 101 report on trans fatty acids Membership Page 116 Upcoming Events Page 117 THE WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION® Education Research Activism President’s Message BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sally Fallon, MA, President and Treasurer Mary Enig, PhD, FACN, CNS, Vice President When Dr. Weston Price embarked on his worldwide investiga- Geoffrey Morell, ND, JP, Secretary tions of nonindustrialized peoples, he did so with an open mind. When Tom Cowan, MD Cherie Calvert his patients asked him that all-important question, “What is a healthy Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN Valerie Curry Joyner diet?” he did not know the answer. He knew that a healthy diet produced freedom from dental decay, attractive facial structure, protection against GENERAL COUNSEL James Turner, Esq. disease and ease of reproduction, but he could not, before his investiga- tions, tell his patients with assurance what to eat. HONORARY BOARD H. Leon Abrams, Jr, MA, EDS Dr. Price was a highly spiritual individual with leanings towards Jen Allbritton, BS, CN Christian B. Allen, PhD vegetarianism. He had hoped to fi nd healthy peoples whose diets con- Naomi Baumslag, MD, MPH tained only plant foods. What he discovered instead was that all so-called Marie A. Bishop, CDC Jerry Brunetti primitive cultures consumed animal foods in one form or another. In Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD some cultures, such as native tribes in Alaska and northern Canada, Lee Clifford, MS, CCN Christapher Cogswell, MA animal foods comprised almost 100 percent of calories; in others, such Monica Corrado Janice Curtin as the agricultural tribes in Africa, animal foods comprised only a small Eric Davis, BDSc, DAc, DCN portion of the diet. However, all of the cultures he studied valued certain William Campbell Douglass, MD Sara Bachman Ducey, MS, CNS foods as sacred, necessary for healthy reproduction and the optimal James A. Duke, PhD growth of children, and these sacred foods were always animal foods. Carol Esche, DNP, MA, RN, CNA Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD This discovery has been called “Dr. Price’s greatest disappointment.” Ruth Ann Foster, MA Donna Gates, BS, MEd He did not, as he had hoped, fi nd a single vegan culture. Zac Goldsmith, Editor, The Ecologist This issue of Wise Traditions examines the various arguments for Nicholas Gonzalez, MD Trauger Groh vegetarianism and veganism, especially the proposition that avoidance Joann S. Grohman Barry Anthony Groves of animal foods will make us healthier and will benefi t the environment. Beatrice Trum Hunter, MA Unfortunately, many people—especially young people entering the Richard James, MBA, LLD Larry Klein childbearing years—believe these arguments and adopt a vegetarian Kilmer McCully, AB, MD, MA (hon) lifestyle, a decision that can have severe adverse consequences for the Frank Melograna, MD Carlos Monteiro next generation. The Weston A. Price Foundation has consistently issued Joseph Mercola, DO Kenneth Fielding Morehead, DOM strong warnings about the dangers of veganism. Some individuals may David Morris, BS, DC do well on a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet if the eggs and dairy foods they Bruce Rind, MD Julia Ross, MA consume are of very high quality (and the dairy foods should be raw). Jordan S. Rubin, NMD, CNC However, most people need other sources of animal protein, especially Ethan Russo, MD Adrienne Samuels, PhD seafood. Those born with a very high requirement for zinc and vitamin Jack Samuels, MSHA Ron Schmid, ND B12 will need to consume liver and red meat frequently. Andreas Schuld The question of whether or not to eat animal foods is highly Frederick I. Scott, Jr, BE, MS C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD charged with emotion and often involves tenuous arguments about Ted Spence, DDS, ND spirituality. The most spiritual act of all is to put one’s ideals into prac- Rebecca L. Stearns, LAc, DAc Alana Sugar, CN tice, to be active for benefi cial change in the physical world. Without Krispin Sullivan, CN Joe Tarantolo, MD the good health and mental clarity that comes from a healthy diet, one John Umlauf that includes animal foods, this is very diffi cult if not impossible to do. Charles Walters, MA Susun S. Weed And the responsibility for imparting this good health and mental clar- David Wetzel, BS ity to the next generation rests on the shoulders of all those who would Bruce West, DC George Yu, MD be parents. We hope that the articles in this issue will provide future parents with the requisite understanding well before their children come along—and not as a tragically disappointed aftermath. Letters OUTSTANDING CONFERENCE ence, to be held in San Francisco. All she came into the world with many risk I have been implementing a healthy of the talks from the 2007 conference factors, including an obese 43-year-old traditional diet in our family since 2003. are available on CDs and DVDs. Visit mother with a previous infant death, I have had chronic fatigue for over ten westonaprice.org for ordering informa- preeclampsia, a low birth weight of years. I don’t know whether I’ll ever be tion. four pounds, and a diffi cult cesarean completely recovered but this way of post-op period, she has turned out to be eating has been a lifesaver. Thank you SUCCESS LIST exceptionally strong, smart and is catch- for all your work. Please add my name to the WAPF ing up physically to other healthy full I just attended my fi rst WAPF con- success list—I was researching nutrition term babies. People are amazed at how ference and it was outstanding. First, the for bones (to avoid taking Fosamax) agile she is. She started talking fully at friendliness of the people and children when a friend told me about the WAPF one year and fi ve months. Her constant overwhelmed me. Meal after meal, the guidelines. I had news in July, 2005, ear infections have stopped and so has conversations were as exceptional as the from my NP that I was very close to her eczema and asthma that the doctors food. Complete strangers could discuss osteoporosis. feared she would develop at a later age. amiably about the wealth of information Forward to today. 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