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visual information about the biological terrain, and blood coagulation and leading to early blood coagulation and clotting.
clotting. Healthy food, as consumed in the WAPF diet,
Live blood analysis is a qualitative test with Likert scoring of variables is all-natural, easy to digest and contains many
that requires observing multiple sites of the blood sample on the glass slide, protective elements, and does not tell our bodies
because one region alone may not be representative. Artifacts must be to turn on the inflammatory cascade, as there is
avoided by close attention to detail, including careful sample preparation. nothing offensive to fight.
For any replication of this study, it is critical that testing be performed by
a trained and experienced microscopist as was done in this trial. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Further research studies are encouraged to follow up and expand This study was supported in part by a small
on these results. Specifically, it is recommended that blood levels of key grant from the Weston A. Price Foundation.
biochemical markers associated with chronic inflammation on a popula-
tion of subjects on the WAPF diet be compared to those consuming the Beverly Rubik, PhD, is president and founder
conventional modern diet. of the Institute for Frontier Science in Oakland,
The results obtained in this study are visually compelling and ex- California. She is also a faculty member at
tend our understanding about how traditional and modern diets impact several universities and maintains a consulting
our health. In short, unhealthy food, as consumed in the conventional practice. For more information about her work,
modern diet, contains some abnormal and unhealthy substances that tell contact her at brubik@earthlink.net or call (510)
our bodies to fight, activating the immune and inflammatory responses, 428-4084.

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