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The WesTon A. Price President’s Message

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Education  Research  Activism
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sally Fallon Morell, MA, President and Treasurer
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, Vice President
Geoffrey Morell, ND, JP, Secretary
Sarah Pope, Recording Secretary In this issue we tackle some of the prevailing dietary myths with
Tom Cowan, MD three outstanding presentations from our November conference. First,
Cherie Calvert
Valerie Cury Joyner we hear from Chris Masterjohn, who shows the lack of evidence
Michael Schmidt for the claim that saturated fats cause heart disease and other health
BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS problems. He also demolishes the myth that arachidonic acid, found
Mary Enig, PhD, FACN, CNS
in butter and meat fats, causes inflammation.
GENERAL COUNSEL Denise Minger stole the show at Wise Traditions 2011 with
James Turner, Esq.
her presentation debunking the China Study and the work of Colin
HONORARY BOARD Campbell, widely referenced as justification for a vegan diet. Her
Jen Allbritton, BS, CN
Naomi Baumslag, MD, MPH presentation is included in this issue, along with that of Dr. Morton
Marie A. Bishop, CDC
Jerry Brunetti Satin of the Salt Institute, who takes issue with claims that we should
Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD reduce our salt intake. A healthy level of salt intake is about one and
Lee Clifford, MS, CCN
Christapher Cogswell, MA one-half teaspoons per day; yet government officials are urging no
Monica Corrado more than half a teaspoon.
Janice Curtin
Eric Davis, BDSc, DAc, DCN We also present the testimony of David Gumpert, who partici-
William Campbell Douglass, MD
Sara Bachman Ducey, MS, CNS pated in a raw milk debate at Harvard University; Gumpert presents
James A. Duke, PhD government data showing that the number of illnesses from raw milk
Carol Esche, DNP, MA, RN, CNA
Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD is low, given the large number of consumers; such data in no way
Ruth Ann Foster, MA confirms the myth that raw milk is "inherently dangerous." You can
Donna Gates, BS, MEd
Nicholas Gonzalez, MD access the debate from the home page of westonaprice.org
Trauger Groh
Joann S. Grohman January and February are planning months at the Weston A. Price
Barry Anthony Groves Foundation. We have posted our speaker schedule for Wise Traditions
Beatrice Trum Hunter, MA
Mark A. Kastel 2012 at westonaprice.org—with many popular former speakers and
Larry Klein a host of new voices. The theme is "Nutrition and Behavior" and the
Fred Kummerow, PhD
Felix Liao, DDS location is Santa Clara, California.
Kilmer McCully, AB, MD, MA (hon)
Judith McGeary, Esq. In addition to our main conference, we are pleased to announce
Carlos Monteiro two regional conferences this year. The regionals will be two-day
Kenneth Fielding Morehead, DOM
David Morris, BS, DC events with one track on Saturday and two tracks on Sunday. Two
Kathryne Pirtle, BS, MA
Jessica Prentice lunches will be included in the ticket price, with an additional Farm-
Bruce Rind, MD to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund fundraiser dinner available on
Sir Julian Rose, BT
Julia Ross, MA Saturday evening.
Beverly Rubik, BS, PhD The first of these regionals will be held in St. Louis, May 19-20.
Adrienne Samuels, PhD
Jack Samuels, MSHA Then we will hit the northeast with a conference accessable to our
Ron Schmid, ND
Andreas Schuld Canadian members, in Buffalo, NY in September.
Stephanie Seneff, BS, MS, EE, PhD Those of you in the Pacific Northwest will not be left out this year.
C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD
Ted Spence, DDS, ND The fourth annual Raw Milk Symposium, featuring a star-studded
Rebecca L. Stearns, LAc, DAc speaker lineup, originally scheduled for May 4-5, will now be held
Alana Sugar, CN
Krispin Sullivan, CN in Vancouver, BC in the fall.
Beverly B. Teter, PhD, FACN, CNS
John Umlauf So mark your calendars, and we look forward to seeing many of
Susun S. Weed our members at these events!
David Wetzel, BS
Bruce West, DC
Louisa L. Williams, MS, DC, ND
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