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| Written by Sally Fallon Morell |
| January 19 2011 |
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Ben Pratt, who serves as chapter leader for southwest England, has put together an excellent book on the pitfalls of the modern diet. Setting the compass with an opening chapter on the work of Weston Price, Pratt then provides a very interesting historical discussion of the modern dietary killers—white flour, processed milk, refined sweeteners and modern salt—followed by a description of the healthy traditional solutions: sourdough processing of bread, real (raw) milk, natural sweeteners and unrefined salt. Pratt’s chapter on dietary fat is especially interesting, as he introduces new historic material in the chronicle of the USDA dietary guidelines, whereby refined carbohydrates and vegetables oils were substituted for animal fats, with disastrous consequences. Unlike most writers on obesity, Pratt wisely includes a discussion of isoflavones in soy and xenoestrogens in his chapter on weight control. He concludes by urging an emphasis on food quality and a balance of protein, fat and carbohydrate at every meal. This is an interesting, sensible and well-written book, highly recommended for beginners in the field of nutrition, with plenty of new material for those already familiar with the issues. Published by Natural Food Finder, www.naturalfoodfinder.co.uk. THUMBS UP.
This article appeared in Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts, the quarterly magazine of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Winter 2010. About the Reviewer
She joined forces with Enig again to write Eat Fat, Lose Fat, and has authored numerous articles on the subject of diet and health. Through her New Trends Publishing label, she publishes books on nutrition and health, such as The Fourfold Path to Healing (by Dr. Tom Cowan), Honoring Our Cycles (by Katie Singer), The Untold Story of Milk (by Ron Schmid) and The Whole Soy Story (by Kaayla Daniel). The President of the Weston A. Price Foundation and founder of A Campaign for Real Milk, Sally is also a journalist, chef, nutrition researcher, homemaker, and community activist. Her four healthy children were raised on whole foods including butter, cream, eggs and meat.
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NUTRITION’S PLAYGROUND: It’s All About Food in a Round About Way
Sally Fallon Morell is the author of Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats (with Mary G. Enig, PhD), a well-researched, thought-provoking guide to traditional foods with a startling message: Animal fats and cholesterol are not villains but vital factors in the diet, necessary for normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and optimum energy levels.
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