Dietary Fats and Health: Dietary Recommendations in the Context of Scientific Evidence
Glen D. Lawrence Although early studies showed that saturated fat diets with very low levels of PUFAs increase serum cholesterol, whereas other studies showed high serum cholesterol increased the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), the evidence of dietary saturated fats increasing CAD or causing premature death was weak. Over the years, data revealed that […]
Borax, Boron, Boric Acid and Your Health
Amandha Dawn Vollmer Elemental boron, boron oxide, borates, and many organoboron compounds are non-toxic to humans and animals. … Small amounts of borax are very beneficial, please read the info to understand. Boron is very much needed for a healthy body. According to conventional medicine, it is not known if boron is essential for humans […]
Principles of Healthy Diets
The Weston A. Price Foundation When Dr. price analyzed the foods used by isolated peoples he found that, in comparison to the American diet of his day, they provided at least four times the water- soluble vitamins, calcium and other minerals, and at least TEN times the fat-soluble vitamins, from animal foods such as butter, […]
Modern Baby Books: Full of Bad Advice
Lisa Bianco-Davis When Weston Price studied healthy traditional societies, he found that they placed a strong emphasis on the nutrition of couples prior to pregnancy and of women during pregnancy and lactation. The foods these societies considered absolutely essential for producing healthy children were seafood ( sh and shell fish, fish organs, fish liver oils […]
Food as Medicine: How Food and Diet Impact the Treatment of Disease and Disease Management
Center for Food as Medicine Using food for prevention and treatment of disease has a long history and documented efficacy. In fact, evidence indicates that sustained dietary changes can be as effective as pharmacological interventions in treating certain diseases, especially in the early stages of the disease. In some instances, a long- term, specific diet […]
Know Your Fats Introduction
Weston A. Price Foundation Saturated fats, such as butter, meat fats, coconut oil and palm oil, tend to be solid at room temperature. According to conventional nutritional dogma, these traditional fats are to blame for most of our modern diseases–heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, malfunction of cell membranes and even nervous disorders like multiple sclerosis. […]
The Importance of Saturated Fats for Biological Functions
Mary Enig Many people recognize that saturated fats are needed for energy, hormone production, cellular membranes and for organ padding. You may be surprised to learn that certain saturated fatty acids are also needed for important signaling and stabilization processes in the body. Signaling processes work in the cells at the level of the membrane […]
Dietary Fats and Health: Dietary Recommendations in the Context of Scientific Evidence
Glen D. Lawrence Although early studies showed that saturated fat diets with very low levels of PUFAs increase serum cholesterol, whereas other studies showed high serum cholesterol increased the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), the evidence of dietary saturated fats increasing CAD or causing premature death was weak. Over the years, data revealed that […]
