Transcript Sally Fallons Slides (Part 1)

Title
NOURISHING
TRADITIONAL DIETS
The Key to Vibrant Health
by Sally Fallon Morell, President
The Weston A. Price Foundation
Copyright 2010 Sally Fallon Morell.
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WHAT IS A HEALTHY DIET?
Atkins Diet?
Vegetarian/Vegan?
Zone Diet?
Macrobiotic?
South Beach Diet?
Juicing?
Food Combining?
Blood Type Diet?
Metabolic Typing?
Even Lisa is confused!
All Raw?
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Or is it the
US Government Official Diet. . .
. . . designed to promote the products of
commodity agriculture?
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Weston A. Price 1870-1948
Photos from Nutrition and Physical Degeneration copyright and courtesy Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation
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LOETSCHENTAL VALLEY, SWITZERLAND
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PRIMITIVE
SWISS
Primitive Swiss Villagers
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MODERNIZED
SWISS
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Primitive Gaelics
PRIMITIVE GAELIC PEOPLE
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Eskimo Moms
PRIMITIVE ALASKAN PEOPLE
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PRIMITIVE
ALASKAN
PEOPLE
Free of tooth
decay and
degenerative
disease.
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Eskimo Decay
MODERNIZED
ALASKANS
First generation
suffered from tooth
decay.
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1st Gen Eskimos
MODERNIZED
ALASKANS
Second
generation had
more narrow
faces, dental
crowding and
suffered from
modern
diseases.
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Seal Oil
SEAL OIL: A major source of calories in a diet
containing 80 percent fat.
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Salmon Roe
FISH EGGS: A sacred food of the Eskimos, for
ensuring healthy babies.
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Primitive Seminoles
PRIMITIVE
SEMINOLE
INDIANS of
FLORIDA
Beautiful facial
development
shows optimal
expression of
genetic potential.
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MODERNIZED
SEMINOLE
INDIAN of
FLORIDA
Poor diet has
prevented optimal
expression of the
genetic potential.
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THE TEETH TELL THE TALE!
STRAIGHT TEETH
CROOKED, CROWDED TEETH
Plenty of room in head for
pituitary, pineal, hypothalamus
Compromised space for master
glands in the head
Good skeletal development, good Poor development, poor posture,
muscles
easily injured
Keen eyesight and hearing
Poor eyesight and hearing
Optimal function of all organs
Compromised function of all
organs
Optimistic outlook, learns easily
Depression, behavior problems,
learning problems
Round pelvic opening, easy
childbirth
Oval pelvic opening, difficult
childbirth
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South Pacific Map
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Primitive South
Pacific Boys
PRIMITIVE
SOUTH SEA
ISLANDERS
These are happy
teenage boys!
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Primitive South
Pacific Women
PRIMITIVE
SOUTH SEA
ISLANDERS
The woman in
the upper right is
90 years old!
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South Pacific Foods
FOODS OF
THE SOUTH
SEA
ISLANDERS
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MODERNIZED
SOUTH SEA
ISLANDERS
First generation
suffered from
tooth decay.
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South Pacific 1st Generation
MODERNIZED SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS
Second generation had narrowed faces
and modern health problems.
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MODERN VS TRADITIONAL FACIAL
STRUCTURE
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DENTAL CASTS
of Modernized and
Primitive
Individuals
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TYPICAL DENTAL DEFORMITIES
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THE FACIAL BONES
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MKW
PRE WWII
AMERICAN
Diet included
whole raw Jersey
milk, butter, cream,
shellfish, fish eggs,
meat, broth, fruits,
vegetables.
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NORMAL FACIAL DEVELOPMENT
The typical Central American diet includes
raw goat milk, seafood, organ meats, insects,
cheese, rice and beans.
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MODERN
CHILDREN
Most modern children
have thin faces and need
braces to straighten their
teeth
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HEALTHY BABIES
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GREAT VARIETY IN TRADITIONAL DIETS
Some had no plant foods
Some had few animal foods
Some had mostly cooked foods
Some had large amounts of raw foods
Some had milk products; some did not
Some had grains; some did not
Some had fruits; some did not
What are the underlying characteristics
of these healthy diets?
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