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PARTICIPANTS • No processed liquid vegetable oils or par-
To help recruit subjects, the Weston A. Price tially hydrogenated oils, except for unrefined
Foundation emailed a study announcement to its olive oil.
members in the San Francisco Bay Area. Over • No refined sugars, corn syrup or high fruc-
twenty people responded to the announcement, tose corn syrup.
and six others were recruited by word of mouth. • Very little or no pasteurized milk.
The twenty-six persons completed a question- • Raw milk consumed by 5 out of 8 subjects;
naire to ascertain their eligibility for the study. one was dairy intolerant.
The eight best respondents, those who met • Five to 14 eggs or egg yolks/wk consumed
subject criteria and had been consuming the by all, except for 1 egg-allergic subject.
WAPF diet the longest and most consistently, • Three to 15 tablespoons of saturated fats
were invited to participate in the study. Written daily; mean of 7.375 tablespoons/day.
informed consent was obtained from subjects. • Consumption of conventional restaurant
The subject criteria were as follows: food 5 percent or less.
• Cod liver oil supplementation in 6 out of 8
• Healthy adults over 25 years old, who self- subjects.
reported “very good” to “excellent” health. • Seven of 8 subjects consumed fermented
• No serious illnesses, chronic diseases, or foods regularly.
chronic health conditions. • All subjects prepared grains and nuts by
• No obesity; BMI (body mass index) less than soaking and sourdough most of the time.
30.
• No smoking. CONTROL GROUP
• No prescription drugs. The eight subjects on the WAPF diet were
• WAPF diet consistently for at least two age-matched to six healthy adults not on the
years. WAPF diet, but of similar demographics who
• Presently on the WAPF diet. self-reported “good” to “excellent” health; had
• Conform to the principles of the WAPF diet no serious illnesses, chronic diseases or health
at least 80 percent of the time. conditions; no obesity (BMI <30); did not smoke,
and took no prescription drugs. These six adults
THE WAPF SUBJECTS were consuming the conventional modern diet
Additional subject demographics that char- including some organic foods and various dietary
acterized the participants in the study were as supplements.
follows: Those who
PROCEDURES AND METHODS met subject
• Age range 30 - 83. Live blood analysis was performed once on criteria and
• Mean age 51.12. each subject in both groups on different days by
• Range of 2 to 20+ years on the WAPF diet. individual appointment after five hours of fast- had been
• Mean number of years on the WAPF diet: ing, during which time subjects drank only water consuming
7.5 years. as needed. the WAPF
• Range of 80 to 100 percent of the diet is
consistent with WAPF guidelines. RESULTS diet the
• Mean percent diet per WAPF: 92 percent. Numerous blood microphotographs and longest and
• Three nondrinkers; 5 drinkers (up to 8 short video-clips were captured for each sub- most
drinks per week, beer and wine only, no hard ject over a period of forty-five minutes since
liquor). the blood was first drawn. The hundreds of consistently,
microphotographs obtained are too voluminous were invited
THE WAPF DIET for all the data to be shown here. Thus, only a to
The characteristics of subjects’ diets are as representative sample of data will be shown for
follows: various age groups. Some graphs summarizing participate in
the overall findings are also provided. the study.

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