Honoring the Sacred Foods

Wise Traditions in Food, FArming And The heAling ArTs a publication of Volume 11 Number 2 T he W esTon A. Pr ice Fo u ndAT i on® Summer 2010 conTenTs FEATURES Activator Update Page 20 Growing Wise Kids Page 63 Chris Masterjohn provides the latest Jen Allbritton helps parents stay cool information on vitamins A and D in the hot summer Food Allergies Page 26 Food Feature Page 70 Natasha Campbell-McBride describes the Kendrick Adams shares his grandmother’s path to true healing soul food recipes Acid Reflux Page 35 Soy Alert Page 74 Kathryne Pirtle fills us in on the condition Kaayla Daniel exposes the downside of and the solutions processed GFCF foods Root Canal Dangers Page 44 MSG Update Page 76 Hal Huggins shows us the connection with Jack Samuels reveals the truth about ALS and other neurological disorders hydrolyzed vegetable protein Legislative Update Page 78 From Judith McGeary: amend or DEPARTMENTS defeat food safety legislation President’s Message Page 2 A New Era of Activism Farm & Ranch Page 80 Matt Rales on chickens: they are Letters Page 3 omnivores! Caustic Commentary Page 16 A Campaign for Real Milk Page 82 Mark McAfee delineates fifteen things Homeopathy Journal Page 52 that pasteurization has destroyed Joette Calabrese on homeopathy for allergies Healthy Baby Gallery Page 92 All Thumbs Book Reviews Page 54 Local Chapters Page 93 Waste Not, Want Not Shop Heard ‘Round the World Page 104 Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? Saltwater Foodways Membership Page 128 Honest Nutrition Upcoming Events Page 129 The Rosedale Diet The WesTon A. Price President’s Message FoundATion ® Education Research Activism Board of directors “All truth passes through three phases: first it is ignored; second Sally Fallon Morell, MA, President and Treasurer it is violently opposed; third it is accepted as self-evident.” The words Mary Enig, PhD, FACN, CNS, Vice President Geoffrey Morell, ND, JP, Secretary of philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer describe the traditional nutrition Tom Cowan, MD Cherie Calvert movement in general and the raw milk movement in particular. Today Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN the best gauge of our progress in the raw milk campaign is the fact that Valerie Cury Joyner we have moved from the first to the second stage. The recent raids on GeNeraL coUNseL James Turner, Esq. raw milk producers in Wisconsin and Minnesota, unfounded allegations distributed to the media, the Wisconsin governor’s rejection of raw milk HoNorarY Board Jen Allbritton, BS, CN legislation passed with overwhelming support—actions all aimed at send- Christian B. Allen, PhD ing conscientious farmers into bankruptcy and denying nature’s perfect Naomi Baumslag, MD, MPH Marie A. Bishop, CDC food to those who need it—indeed, the phase of violent opposition has Jerry Brunetti Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD begun. Lee Clifford, MS, CCN Over the last ten years, the Weston A. Price Foundation has provided Christapher Cogswell, MA Monica Corrado the knowledge about food and nutrition that people need to ensure their Janice Curtin most basic right: good health. Knowledge creates responsibility for those Eric Davis, BDSc, DAc, DCN William Campbell Douglass, MD who have compassion and who understand the world in which we live. In Sara Bachman Ducey, MS, CNS James A. Duke, PhD addition, through our membership and chapter system, we have created Carol Esche, DNP, MA, RN, CNA a critical mass of citizens on whose shoulders rests the responsibility for Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD Ruth Ann Foster, MA bringing fundamental change to our world—change that moves from the Donna Gates, BS, MEd “me” to the “we.” Zac Goldsmith, Editor, The Ecologist Nicholas Gonzalez, MD For this change to happen, we need to enter a new era of activism. Trauger Groh Joann S. Grohman To understand the basics of food and nutrition, to become connected Barry Anthony Groves with the source of our food, to secure healthy food for ourselves and Beatrice Trum Hunter, MA Richard James, MBA, LLD families—this was the first step. The next step is to protect these fledgling Mark A. Kastel food systems, and to do this in ways that build communities rather than Larry Klein Kilmer McCully, AB, MD, MA (hon) destroy them. If we care about our future and our planet, every one of Frank Melograna, MD Carlos Monteiro us has a moral obligation to get involved in protecting our food and our Kenneth Fielding Morehead, DOM farms. It has become clear that the most powerful weapon for controlling David Morris, BS, DC Kathryne Pirtle, BS, MA people is diet. Will we have food that dumbs us down and saps our will, Bruce Rind, MD Julia Ross, MA or food that supports clear thinking and effective action? We must take Beverly Rubik, BS, PhD the lead in defending our right for the right food—first and foremost by Jordan S. Rubin, NMD, CNC Ethan Russo, MD supporting those on the front lines, our farmers. Adrienne Samuels, PhD A plan of action: first we must never cease contacting our elected Jack Samuels, MSHA Ron Schmid, ND representatives, government employees and the media, always appealing Andreas Schuld Frederick I. Scott, Jr, BE, MS to their better instincts, always in the spirit of education. We must create C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD an atmosphere in which it is shameful to oppose access to life-giving Ted Spence, DDS, ND Rebecca L. Stearns, LAc, DAc food. And second, we must create farm- and food-centered communities, Alana Sugar, CN centers of food creation, independent of the mainstream. These islands Krispin Sullivan, CN Joe Tarantolo, MD of hope can become teaching models for the future—the goal is not to Beverly B. Teter, PhD, FACN, CNS John Umlauf impose change on the majority, but to be there when individuals make the Susun S. Weed decision to come out from among them and take personal responsibility David Wetzel, BS Bruce West, DC for their health and their lives. Let us heed Dr. Price’s dying words, “You Louisa L. Williams, MS, DC, ND teach, you teach, you teach,” as we look ahead to stage three. George Yu, MD 2 Wise Traditions SUMMER 2010 Letters EATING IN FEAR? isolated, that could do us harm? Hasn’t This is not so. To my knowledge, lyco- Regarding your issue focused on nature given us the ability to handle such pene is highest in the autumn olive berry plant toxins (Spring, 2010), I wish people substances? (Elaeagnus umbellata), which normally would stop dissecting their food so much I’m thankful that my Creator gave contains up to eighteen times as much and enjoy what our Creator has given us me common sense, eyes to see, a nose lycopene as tomatoes, and as far as I in terms of produce, meats, dairy, grains, to smell, a mouth to consume, teeth to know does not cause allergic reactions. beans and nuts—as long as they have chew, a tongue to taste, and a stomach, I would assume that other members of been unadulterated and are grown and pancreas, gallbladder, liver, kidneys and the elaeagnus family, like the goumi, raised or fed according to what nature intestines to process a wide variety of trebizond date, silverberry and Russian intended. To compare scientific research food. We even have a complex system or autumn olive, would also be very high that is based on studies done with typical to detoxify and eliminate toxic waste. in lycopene. American cuisine with that of a truly How clever! The autumn olive ripens anywhere natural traditional wholesome diet is I like to keep things simple as I be- from September to November in the insanity, but it is often done. lieve nature intended them to be. If we Philadelphia area. It tastes like a tart As for concerns about polyun- are honest with ourselves, the more we version of a fruit roll-up. The seeds are saturated fatty acids, I’ll keep eating think we know by digging deeper and edible, but not very good. It’s considered my nuts and seeds, and those delicious deeper into things we know little about, an invasive plant, and is often found avocadoes; and for those demonized the more we realize we know nothing at growing wild or planted in parks, often goitrogens like cabbage, cauliflower all. My trust is in nature not man. Stop by the seashore. and broccoli, I will eat them as well and dissecting your food and enjoy your George Russell maintain my excellent health in doing so. bounty. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Eat not in fear, especially for those with Dr. Bogozat, DC, ND thyroid issues; your veggies are not your Monroe County, NJ Chapter Leader PHYTIC PHOBIA? problem. Cedar Knolls, New Jersey The article “Living with Phytic As for those who are also in fear of Acid” (Spring, 2010) by Ramiel Nagel eating something because it contains The goal at WAPF is to create superb was very detailed and informative; how- certain harmful substances, let me re- health in the next generations so that ev- ever I do not believe that the conclusions mind you that Nature knows best and eryone can enjoy a variety of foods with- and recommendations were warranted knows why things contain what they do; out side effects—including grains, dairy by the evidence presented. While I agree however, we are too naive to understand foods, and problematic vegetables—as that phytic acid is an anti-nutrient, and why, and so we rationalize our think- long as they are naturally grown or that traditional people usually soaked or ing that we know better. This foolishly raised and prepared to maximize digest- otherwise processed their grains result- makes us sound intelligent amongst our ibility.

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