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LIFE-GIVING WATER Number Genetically Engineered Food: Worse Than We Thought NON-TOXIC FARMING PASTURE-FED LIVESTOCK NURTURING THERAPIES Herbicide RoundUp: Ubiquitous Danger Culinary Traditions in Romania Battle for Backyard Chickens R TU 3 COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE REAL MILK PASTU R I N FOR A PUBLICatION OF G N ® T THE WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDatION HE You teach, you teach, you teach! AIG Education Research Activism R A MP Last words of Dr. Weston A. Price, June 23, 1948 P www.westonaprice.org IES CA A Printed on Recycled Offset Printed with soy ink - an appropriate use of soy TECHNOLOGY AS SERVANT SCIENCE AS COUNSELOR KNOWLEDGE AS GUIDE 123816_cover.indd 1 9/20/13 12:56 AM Wise Traditions IN FOOD, FARMING AND THE HEALING ARTS A PUBLICATION OF THE WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION® Volume 14 Number 3 Fall 2013 CONTENTS FEATURES All Thumbs Book Reviews Page 58 Genetic Engineering Page 18 The Paleo Solution Jeffrey Smith explains the latest research Keeping a Family Cow on GMO dangers The CAFO Reader Young for Life Toxic RoundUp Page 30 Why Calories Count Stephanie Seneff, PhD, describes the The Biggest Estate on Earth threat of the ubiquitous herbicide Squeezed: What You Don't Know about Orange Juice Culinary Traditions in Romania Page 39 Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition Raluca Schachter shows how Romania Let Magic Happen has kept her food traditions Why Stomach Acid is Good for You Foraging & Feasting A Tale of Two Mice Page 46 R.M. Dell'Orfano tells about Technology as Servant Page 75 Junky and Goodie John Moody on home lighting Legislative Update Page 78 Judith McGeary, Esq., on proposed DEPARTMENTS FDA produce standards President’s Message Page 2 GMOs: Worse than We Thought Soy Alert Page 82 Kaayla Daniel, PhD, explains why Letters Page 3 soy doesn't protect against prostate cancer Caustic Commentary Page 11 A Campaign for Real Milk Page 86 Sally Fallon Morell takes on the The attack on the people's milk Diet Dictocrats Raw Milk Updates Page 91 Farm and Ranch Page 52 Healthy Baby Gallery Page 94 Christine Ross on the battle for Local Chapters Page 95 backyard chickens Shop Heard ‘Round the World Page 108 Membership Page 132 Homeopathy Journal Page 55 Upcoming Events Page 133 Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom (NA), on homeopathy for pesticide exposure 123816_text.indd 1 9/20/13 1:00 AM THE WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDatION President’s Message ® Education Research Activism BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sally Fallon Morell, MA, President and Treasurer Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, Vice President Geoffrey Morell, ND, JP, Secretary Sarah Pope, Recording Secretary Tom Cowan, MD Cherie Calvert Valerie Cury Joyner Although WAPF has occasionally commented on the folly of Michael Schmidt genetically engineered organisms (GMOs), we have not put this is- BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS Mary Enig, PhD, FACN, CNS sue front and center. One reason is that our dietary guidelines mostly avoid foods containing GMOs―our members don't use industrial GENERAL COUNSEL James Turner, Esq. seed oils (canola, corn, soy), don't eat commercial corn products like HONORARY BOARD chips (unless organic), and they avoid soy foods. Also, the health Jen Allbritton, BS, CN dangers of GMOs have not been apparent. until now. Naomi Baumslag, MD, MPH Marie A. Bishop, CDC We are pleased to present in this issue the latest science on Jerry Brunetti Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(NA) GMOs, and the new information should galvanize everyone to com- Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD pletely avoid GMO foods and work hard for mandatory labeling. Lee Clifford, MS, CCN Christapher Cogswell, MA Digestive disorders, behavioral problems like autism, infertility and Monica Corrado cancer are some of the side effects emerging in the scientific literature. Janice Curtin Katherine Czapp Children are particularly vulnerable to these effects. Eric Davis, BDSc, DAc, DCN William Campbell Douglass, MD Even if you are avoiding genetically engineered foods yourself, Sara Bachman Ducey, MS, CNS many of our loved ones still consume them, so we all need to work James A. Duke, PhD Carol Esche, DNP, MA, RN, CNA together to get GMOs out of the food supply. Soon we can expect to Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD Ruth Ann Foster, MA see GMO apples and oranges in the market place; GMO sweet corn Donna Gates, BS, MEd is already in the supermarket. So mandatory labeling is a must. Nicholas Gonzalez, MD Trauger Groh Meanwhile, do your best to buy organic and support local grow- Joann S. Grohman ers who are using traditional seeds. Beatrice Trum Hunter, MA Mark A. Kastel Add to that the dangers of RoundUp, the herbicide used with Larry Klein Fred Kummerow, PhD most GMO crops, which disrupts sulfur pathways leading to numer- Felix Liao, DDS ous adverse health effects. RoundUp persists in the soil and in our Kilmer McCully, AB, MD, MA (hon) Judith McGeary, Esq. food, and is found even in foods that are not genetically engineered, Carlos Monteiro such as wheat. RoundUp is often applied to wheat before harvesting Kenneth Fielding Morehead, DOM David Morris, BS, DC as a desiccant. Jill Nienhiser Sylvia Onusic, PhD, CNS, LDN Please read carefully the excellent articles by Jeffrey Smith (page Kathryne Pirtle, BS, MA 18) and Stephanie Seneff, PhD (page 30). Jessica Prentice Bruce Rind, MD Our annual conference is fast approaching and we are looking Sir Julian Rose, BT forward to our best ever, with many new speakers along with new Julia Ross, MA Beverly Rubik, BS, PhD talks by favorite speakers from past conferences. See page 15 for Adrienne Samuels, PhD Ron Schmid, ND conference information and a registration form. Kim Schuette, CN We are particularly happy with the chef at the Sheraton Altanta Andreas Schuld Stephanie Seneff, BS, MS, EE, PhD and look forward to delicious WAPF-friendly meals. C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD We expect to be sold out (exhibit space is already almost com- Ted Spence, DDS, ND Rebecca L. Stearns, LAc, DAc pletely taken) so don't delay! Alana Sugar, CN Krispin Sullivan, CN Beverly B. Teter, PhD, FACN, CNS John Umlauf Susun S. Weed David Wetzel, BS Bruce West, DC Louisa L. Williams, MS, DC, ND 2 Wise Traditions FALL 2013 FALL 2013 Wise Traditions 123816_text.indd 2 9/20/13 1:00 AM Letters PALEO COMMENTS dare Sally judge people for feeding search. It is very dangerous to eat lean I was offended and turned off by their children a healthy, balanced, and meat, especially in the context of a diet Sally Fallon's recent editorial discussing nutrient-dense diet. Second, I just don't that contains little or no carbohydrate. the paleo diet. Her description of the get her point─I never feel deprived on WAPF is concerned that many people paleo diet is inexcusably inaccurate. I a paleo diet and I'm sure that children are adopting a paleo diet thinking that became a member of WAPF because of that follow paleo don't either. For many it follows WAPF recommendations, and encouragement by many leaders within people (adults and children) on a paleo we feel that is is our responsibility to the paleo movement. And I'm quite sure diet, there are good reasons that they are point out the differences between the that I'm not the only one! WAPF has excluding the whole milk, sourdough two diets. The blanket recommendation benefited greatly from all the exposure bread and baked beans. With WAPF, to avoid all dairy, grains, legumes and the paleo movement has given them and you are still saying "No, you can't" to carbohydrates is also a concern. Of I'm hoping that there will be a public the standard American diet. It is all in course, if you are intolerant of any of apology from WAPF. how you frame the choices available. these foods, they are best avoided—the I don't understand why Sally Fallon Overall, this is very disappoint- WAPF dietary guidelines allow this wants to create divisiveness between ing. I frequently refer clients to your flexibility. For a review of Robb Wolf’s the communities, but it's apparent website and encourage them to become book, The Paleo Solution, see page 58. that she does. Instead of picking on a members. If there is no acknowledgment For more comments on the paleo diet, sister movement that also represents a from other leaders in the organization read on. nutrient-dense, whole food diet, isn't about this misstep, I won't be renewing there enough work to be done with the my membership next year and I won't PALEO COMPLAINTS vast majority that follow a standard be referencing your organization as a I am happy to see the subject of the American diet? It is irresponsible for resource.