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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 The past few months have seen several tragic mass shootings,
Geoffrey Morell, ND, JP, Secretary
Sarah Pope, Recording Secretary several of them in schools. As a society, we are collectively seeking
Tom Cowan, MD answers to the reasons for such senseless violence. Yet, the media are
Cherie Calvert
Valerie Cury Joyner strangely silent about the nutritional causes of violent behavior, some
Michael Schmidt
of which are well known.
BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS In this issue we attempt to answer this question with an in-depth
Mary Enig, PhD, FACN, CNS
look at the nutritional causes of unstable and violent behavior, starting
GENERAL COUNSEL with two interesting letters in the Letters section, and moving on to
James Turner, Esq.
analyses by Sylvia Onusic (page 19) and Chris Masterjohn (page 37).
HONORARY BOARD
Jen Allbritton, BS, CN One thing is certain: the modern diet of processed food, void of
Naomi Baumslag, MD, MPH healthy fats and low in virtually every nutrient, is a potent witch's brew
Marie A. Bishop, CDC
Jerry Brunetti that breeds unhappiness, depression, anger and lack of impulse control.
Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD No amount of regulation, control, medication or armed protection can
Lee Clifford, MS, CCN
Christapher Cogswell, MA halt the downward slide of a population that routinely, even exclusively,
Monica Corrado
Janice Curtin consumes processed foods. Truly, we are paying the price for decades
Eric Davis, BDSc, DAc, DCN of agenda-driven dietary advice and for abandoning our culinary tradi-
William Campbell Douglass, MD
Sara Bachman Ducey, MS, CNS tions.
James A. Duke, PhD The Weston A. Price Foundation diet, rich in nutrient-dense
Carol Esche, DNP, MA, RN, CNA
Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD foods including traditional fats from grass-fed animals, and including
Ruth Ann Foster, MA
Donna Gates, BS, MEd glycine-rich bone broth and healthy biofilm-building lacto-fermented
Nicholas Gonzalez, MD beverages and condiments, is the solution to out-of-control behavior.
Trauger Groh
Joann S. Grohman But, of course, very few have embraced this solution, at least not yet.
Barry Anthony Groves With your support, however, we can get this message out to thousands.
Beatrice Trum Hunter, MA
Mark A. Kastel Indeed, our membership is growing by leaps and bounds. Introduce the
Larry Klein
Fred Kummerow, PhD WAPF message to just one other person or family and you can be part
Felix Liao, DDS of the solution to a society spiraling out of control.
Kilmer McCully, AB, MD, MA (hon)
Judith McGeary, Esq. We are pleased to announce a new column in this issue: Technol-
Carlos Monteiro ogy as Servant by John Moody, our Louisville co-chapter leader (along
Kenneth Fielding Morehead, DOM
David Morris, BS, DC with Chris Hughes). In this issue, John explores the disadvantages and
Kathryne Pirtle, BS, MA
Jessica Prentice dangers of the new CFL compact fluorescent light bulb (see page 69).
Bruce Rind, MD Future issues will discuss LED lightbulbs, rocket stoves and sun ovens.
Sir Julian Rose, BT
Julia Ross, MA It's been a hard flu season this year. See Tom Cowan's Ask the
Beverly Rubik, BS, PhD
Adrienne Samuels, PhD Doctor column on holistic treatments for the flu on page 50.
Ron Schmid, ND We are very much looking forward to our conferences this year. In
Andreas Schuld
Stephanie Seneff, BS, MS, EE, PhD addition to our yearly international conference, held this year in Atlanta,
C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD Georgia, November 8-11, we will have two regional conferences: March
Ted Spence, DDS, ND
Rebecca L. Stearns, LAc, DAc 23-24 in Detroit, Michigan and September 21-22 in Portland, Oregon.
Alana Sugar, CN
Krispin Sullivan, CN The regionals are smaller, less elaborate conferences than the yearly
Beverly B. Teter, PhD, FACN, CNS Wise Traditions, and feature popular speakers on basic subjects, plus
John Umlauf
Susun S. Weed local speakers, farmers and artisans. See page 16 for details or visit
David Wetzel, BS http://conferences.westonaprice.org.
Bruce West, DC
Louisa L. Williams, MS, DC, ND
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