I am excited.
I am very excited!
I have purchased a ticket
to one of the most interesting health conferences in Europe and the time cannot
pass quickly enough till it’s here. In the mean-time however, it allows me an
opportunity to introduce you to the man whose research founded the organisation
running this event and one of my strongest influences when it comes to
nutrition and diet.
Let me introduce you to….Dr Weston A Price
The Man: Dr
Weston Price was a dentist working in Ohio, USA in the 1920’s where he noticed
a great decline in dental health within his practice. There seemed to be ever
increasing numbers of dental decay and crowded teeth - so being a diligent man, he decided to
investigate. Not just locally but worldwide…and his findings are simply
incredible.
The Mission: He
travelled the world to find groups of people who had been isolated from modern
foodstuffs such as white bread, sugars and preservatives. He looked at people
who ate traditional foods and discovered that the world over, these people had
great facial structure (no crowding) and very healthy teeth. The diets of these
people were far higher in minerals and fat soluble vitamin content than the
modern diet. He also found that the groups
he studied were resilient with high natural immunity to diseases such as TB.
They were happy and healthy – two things that ultimately go hand in hand as he
was to discover.
Dr Price compiled his research in a book called NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL DEGENERATION,
which is a fascinating read so I would urge you to get a copy and take a look
for yourself but for a brief review of his research and some amazing pictures
of the people he studied please read here.
The Legacy: In
1999 the Weston A Price Foundation was set up by Sally Fallon Morrell (she is one
of the speakers I am very much looking forward to hearing at the event) to
share the information from Dr Prices research about nutrition and how it so crucially
affects human health. It provides continual research to support what these
people instinctively knew so long ago and helps guide people on health issues.
The foundation runs annual conferences worldwide and the one
I am attending in London next year gives me two day’s worth of talks and
workshops with an array of speakers from Sally Fallon Morrell (founder of the
foundation) to Chris Masterjohn PhD (expert on hormones and cholesterol) to
Natasha Campbell McBride(creator of the GAPS diet as treatment for autism,
ADHD/ADD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, depression and schizophrenia).
So perhaps you can start to see why I am excited. This
conference is big and it seems to be getting bigger each year.
Introduction to the Works of Dr Weston A. Price - Sally Fallon Morell from Wise Traditions London on Vimeo.
Want to get involved? For more information and to book
tickets, visit: westonaprice.org/london.
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