This is a place to share ideas, recipes, discussion and more about making important lifestyle changes from our SAD (Standard American Diet) to a living foods diet, also called the WAP Diet (Weston A. Price Diet). It’s a lot to “digest,” so let’s do it together! I’m basing most of my knowledge from the book Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon, based on the research of Weston Price. This book is part cook book and part informational treasure trove of nutritional research.
The main idea to consider is that healthiest indigenous cultures around the world who still eat (or used to eat) their native diets do not suffer from the diseases we now consider to be commonplace and even something to expect (cancer, diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, dementia, dental decay) in our society. It’s impossible to ignore these facts. (Although I don’t cite anything specific here, I encourage you to check out the links on this blog, especially the Weston A. Price Foundation website.) Dr. Price was a dentist in the 1950′s and traveled the world in search of the healthiest people. You can read more about his research in his book, Nutrtion and Physical Degeneration.
We might truly benefit ourselves and our children’s health if we could implement some of the principles that ALL these different groups of peoples all had in common such as:
- eating foods rich in vitamin D (either in the form of fish/meat, dairy or eggs)
- foods with active cultures (such as sauerkraut, kimchee, yogurt, buttermilk)
- they ate the whole animal and preferred the nutrient dense organs; the lean meat was considered least desirable; the bones, feet and heads were reserved for making meat stock which was a regular part of their diet
- both raw and cooked meats were consumed
- legumes, seeds and grains were “treated” by soaking in an acidic solution before consuming to make them as nutritious and digestible as possible
The quick and dirty key principles of this diet for us to keep in mind are to:
- prepare all food in the ways that produces the greatest nutritional benefit and eliminates digestive problems. To do this we:
- incorporate plenty of living foods which contain active cultures and friendly bacteria
- avoid all refined sugar
- avoid all processed foods
- eat many foods that currently have a bad reputation according to mainstream media and yes, even your average medical practitioner
- research to get answers for ourselves on these controversial topics
- buy pastured/grass-fed and organic meat, dairy and eggs
- avoid any ingredients that we can’t pronounce
- try to eat plenty of vegetables, nuts, seeds, meat and cultured dairy just like our ancestors did
- try to eat more raw food (just like our ancestors did)
This blog is the next step from a facebook group I was hosting. I will continue to post relevant food information as much as I can, but I certainly welcome comments from others in the same boat. I am still getting the hang of this blog thing…
Please view the links listed on the right to round out whatever you may have already read in the blog.
Disclaimer: Although a lot of resources and books are listed, they do not all necessarily reflect my personal beliefs 100%, but they do offer up some valid points to consider. Investigate them for yourself — they might just open a door that you did not know was even there!
