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Written by Jill C. Nienhiser   
2009-Feb-04

We've gotten many emails from site visitors who tell us that our site is so full of information, and it is so new to them, that they don't know where to begin. So, we've created this website tour to take you to some of the best pages to gain an understanding of what our foundation is all about.

Click here if you'd like to take the tour for vegetarians.

Basic introduction:
  1. Our basic brochure, Principles of Healthy Diets: We have a  28-page introductory booklet that offers an excellent introduction to the foundation and the work of Weston A. Price. The booklet is recreated on this web page (paper copies can be ordered in the Store). Start here!
  2. Ancient Dietary Wisdom for Tomorrow's Children: This article will get you better acquainted with the work of Weston A. Price.
  3. Vitamin A Saga: This article will help you understand the vital role of Vitamin A, and the many misconceptions surrounding it, particularly that one can meet Vitamin A needs without animal foods, by eating beta carotene from vegetables.

A little more detail: The following sections will acquaint you with some of the major themes of the Foundation in our efforts to educate people about healthy traditional diets and the dangers of modern devitalized foods. You may wish to go through each page in order, or scroll down for a topic of interest and then delve in.

Soy. One of the most surprising things people learn in the brochure is that soy is not the miracle food portrayed by the soy industry.

  1. Soy Alert! Menu page: This page includes links to all our articles on soy. Some of the best starting points are listed below.
  2. The Ploy of Soy: This overview examines the history of the soybean, industry marketing efforts, and the many health problems linked to soy.
  3. The Tragedy of Soy Infant Formula: This article educates parents on how the soy industry's extravagant claims for the health benefits of soy formula compare to the scientific findings.
  4. Soy Studies and Isoflavones Studies: These listings of the dozens of studies showing the dangers of soy and soy isoflavones will help you understand the extent to which soy industry marketing and lobbying efforts are overshadowing the growing evidence against soy.

Heart Disease. Another shocker to Foundation newbies is the idea that saturated fat and cholesterol do not cause heart disease. Read more about why traditional foods like beef, eggs, butter, and organ meats are GOOD for you in the following pages:

  1. What Causes Heart Disease?: If it isn't saturated fat and cholesterol, then what DOES cause heart disease? Read this article to find out.
  2. Dangers of Statin Drugs: Doctors and drug manufacturers are turning healthy people into sick patients by prescribing statin drugs to almost everyone. Read about these dangerous drugs.

Fats. Read the following pages to get an introduction to healthy traditional fats that have nourished people for millenia, and learn to distinguish them from modern damaged fats found in processed food. Learn why lowfat diets promoted by the government and food industry just keep making us fatter.

    • The Skinny on Fats: This is a lengthy article, but it effectively dismantles the lipid hypothesis (that saturated fat and cholesterol cause heart disease). An excellent introduction to the basic science of fats and the political issues surrounding the exhortation to avoid saturated fats.

     

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    cancer, fats, and diet
    written by Paul, Jan 26 2010
    A good friend of mine died from skin cancer. As a result I have been reading a lot about cancer. In doing so I came across several websites that talk about a lady by the name of Dr. Johanna Budwig. From what you read you get the impression this lady cured hundreds if not thousands of people by changing their diet - even those in their literal dying days.

    I am curious to know if you know about her and if so what you think about her diet.

    She encouraged people to eat a lot of flax seed oil mixed with quark or cottage cheese so that the oil would become water soluble.

    I believe she was the person or one of the people who discovered Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids. She was nominated 7 times for the Nobel Peace Prize and may have not won because of her findings concerning and opposition to processed fats and to the medical community who were for chemotherapy and radiation.

    She seems to have insisted on an almost vegetarian diet to heal these people, but she did not tell people they could not eat meat.

    A book written by her is promoted on another website entitled Cancer - the Problem and the Cure. If this information is true this should be broadcast to the world.
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    Glad to find this site
    written by Joe Zen, Jan 19 2010
    Will read more after work. People fail to realize the obvious answer but a couple of important points. Only 10% of medical schools teach nutrition. Drug studies almost never perform long term and length of life efficacy studies. While losing weight can cure a lot of diseases doctors may diagnose, at the end of the day it's up to us to choose to not be deceived by the food and drug companies.
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