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do not do well even on this kind of yet many of us were forced to eat two rhea, in hospitals and out, after only
milk—and why some people do better desserts a day (usually hospital cake or three weeks of grass-fed beef, fresh CSA
on goat milk. We are not suggesting that Little Debbie or some concoction of that veggies, raw milk and sprouted grains,
farmers and consumers worry about ilk). If we refused to eat, we were forced my period returned!
whether their milk is A1 or A2. What we to drink Ensure. And if we didn’t drink I look forward to learning more (and
are suggesting is that those who have that, it was tubed into us. In retrospect, more and more!) about these forgotten
trouble with raw cow’s milk seek out how horrifying! Eating disorder centers traditions! I hope one day to help oth-
and try A2 milk, or switch to goat milk. are the diet dictocrats personified! ers recover from their eating disorders
We also suggest that pure A2 milk may When released from my most recent in the true, traditional way. Thank you
be the answer for those with very seri- stay, the urges were still with me. I was everyone at the Weston A. Price Founda-
ous conditions like autism. We predict depressed, antsy, and sleepless (despite tion for all your hard work!
that over the years, A2 milk will become having tried various antidepressants, an- Lindsey DeLallo
more and more available, perhaps even- tipsychotics and sleep meds). In despera- Twin Cities, Minnesota
tually the only type of milk available. tion, I decided to “take the plunge” into
But this transformation will be gradual real food. I was familiar with Weston GOAT MILK HEALS!
and will take a long time. Meanwhile, Price’s research and principles. It had I know firsthand the value of raw
we don’t want farmers to worry about always made sense to me—but until goat milk. Years ago, my husband suf-
their current herd, nor consumers to this past June hadn’t really clicked. The fered for a long time from diarrhea.
worry about the milk they are drinking “clicking” was thanks to Nina Planck’s Nothing seemed to help. His doctor put
if it agrees with them. book, Real Food. And so it was, that him on Lomotil pills, which he rarely
June day, that I poured myself a glass of took. He was then put on a baby food
RECOVERY WITHIN ONE WEEK raw milk, literally closed my eyes, and diet for two years.
Back in the fall of 2002, I fell prey drank. I haven’t looked back. The Lord must have told him to go
to anorexia, which turned into bulimia Within one week, my mood had on raw goat milk. His GI system healed
a few years following. After much improved. In two weeks, I was sleep- completely and since then he has eaten
anxiety, I went inpatient for help in ing like a babe. By July, I had totally anything he wants. I tell people to get
2007. Their efforts were disastrous—I switched my diet around. Instead of goat milk, but it seems like no one is
fell even deeper into the eating disorder, toast in the morning, it was sautéed veg- smart enough to listen. That is really
only to be told I needed “more time gies and pastured eggs. I allowed myself sad.
inpatient.” There followed three more fat, good fats, animal fats, the cracklings Susan Fay
hospitalizations until this year (the most of bacon in the pan; I delved into grass- Marshall, Texas
recent being this past May). I am in debt fed beef like a long-lost daughter. It was
twenty-one thousand dollars to hospitals like I had finally woken up! CRADLE BOARDS
whose low-fat diet regimes did nothing Now, after several months, I have With each new issue I find myself
for me. For example, I have always loved had no impulses to return to the eating intrigued and informed. I find it hard to
vitamin D whole milk. (I’m lucky now to disorder. I can’t imagine starving myself pull away until I have read every page. I
have it raw!) They didn’t even supply it now! My cravings for sugar are gone. I love the depth of your articles; even after
in the hospital! The best I could get was don’t even want Starbucks! I love the six years of following WAPF principles
2% milk. Everything was lean, lowfat, fact that I finally am able to eat. I relish and founding a local chapter, I am never
high-carb—we were on dietician-ap- it, I enjoy it. But the most astonishing bored. The most recent journal carried a
proved meal plans, guaranteed to help us thing about this recent change has been fascinating article about the American
gain weight but “not make you fat.” And that after going for years with amenor- Indians of the Midwest region a hundred

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