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The Diet for Human Beings: saturated animal fat, is good for you. In addition,
An Ancestral Paleo Approach to Health cholesterol is also good for you. We’re not good
Beverly Meyer, MBA Holistic Nutritionist at keeping secrets around here, so if that was
Producer/Director Laura Varela supposed to be a secret, well, that’s too bad. If
you have been a member of the Weston A. Price
We must caution viewers that this video Foundation for any length of time, you may have
contains subversive information. Beverly Meyer already heard much of this information.
discusses the optimal diet for the human species Other big ideas cover issues like sugar, in-
and summarizes it in eleven big ideas. From the sulin, potatoes, beans and trans fat. Idea number
start she recommends a species-specific diet. eight suggests that there are good carbs in the
What does that look like for humans? Can you form of various vegetables. Meyer also says that
get it at the nearest and cheapest all-you-can- we don’t need a truckload of fiber every day.
keep-down buffet? Probably not. Running barbed wire through a drain pipe may
For one thing, the optimal diet for the human clear out the pipe but it can be rather hard on the
species doesn’t look like the optimal diet for a pipe itself.
rabbit or cow. Before grain-based agriculture, Idea number nine once again says that fat
humans on average were taller and had bigger is not a problem and lists specific good fats like
brains. Bearing that in mind, the first big idea butter, ghee, lard, tallow and coconut oil. Meyer
is that the hydrochloric acid in our stomachs is also throws in the factoid that there is no clear re-
ideal for breaking down animal proteins. We lationship between cholesterol and heart disease.
don’t really need grains. Moderate amounts are Maybe that was supposed to be a secret too.
all right if properly prepared but one can easily We know that dairy foods can be difficult
over-indulge grain consumption. A lot of sugar for some, but aside from those exceptions, for
and starch can knock your metabolism out of many it is very good especially if it is raw. Salt
balance. is also important. As far as I know, there are no
Big idea number two is where things really exceptions to that unless you like to deal with
get subversive. This idea suggests that fat, as in all the serious health problems caused by lack
of salt. The thumb points UP for this one.
GAPS Stories
In our ing whole foods, in the specific order called for Resonance: Beings of Frequency
Directed by James Russell and
current in the GAPS protocol. John K. Webster
These are inspiring stories, stories that

era we are bring to life the suffering and subsequent relief Patient Zero Productions
adding an of anguished parents. “I cried. . . such tears of Available for free viewing at
https://vimeo.com/54189727
unprecedented sadness for my boy, because darkness was over-
shadowing his future” says one mother. “Now,
amount of barely a day goes by when I don’t still cry, but When you have a sphere within a sphere
electronic these tears are of such intense gratitude.” and an electromagnetic field, that arrangement
creates a frequency. For at least a few centuries
This book should be read for inspiration by
frequencies any parent embarking on the GAPS diet, and also most of us have known that Earth is a sphere
and noise by those who remain scornful of this scientific and it is surrounded by a larger sphere we call
to the and holistic method. No one can read GAPS the ionosphere. Using that information, Winfried
Otto Schumann calculated the resonant frequen-
environment. Stories and remain unmoved. cy of the earth as 7.83 Hz. I know what you’re
Review by Sally Fallon Morell
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