The Weston A. Price Foundation
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The Weston A. Price Foundation is a "nonprofit, tax-exempt charity founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston A. Price, whose studies of isolated nonindustrialized peoples established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. Dr. Price's research demonstrated that humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and the vital fat-soluble activators found exclusively in animal fats." (from their site)
It disseminates information on their views:
- the dangers of soy (especially in infant formula),
- the cause of heart disease, cancer, and other degenerative diseases,
- the importance of animal fat to humanity throughout pre-history,
- the destructive effects of monoculture and the advantages of mixed farms,
- the influence of corporations on dietary opinion in governmental agencies, and
- criticisms of fad diets.
It supports a ban on soy infant formula, supports certified clean raw milk. It also supports more informative labeling standards. The organization is an active lobby in Washington, DC on issues such as government food triangle definition and composition of school lunch programs.
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon, head of the Weston A. Price Foundation, provides recipe reccommendations following the nutritional principles of Dr. Price. It focuses on probiotics in the form of lactic acid fermented vegetables or milk, sprouting grains, and grass-fed meats (high in omega-3 fatty acids) as well as reducing sugar intake and avoiding "new-fangled" and processed foods.
External links
- The Weston A. Price Foundation's Web Site (http://www.westonaprice.org/)
- The Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation (http://www.price-pottenger.org/)
- A Campaign for Real Milk (http://www.realmilk.com)