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Letters

organization. The way the corruption the population sicker and dumber. A are today, and how dangerous they are
works is that large pharmaceutical and population that is sicker and dumber is to human health and longevity. I love
processed food corporations control a population that is easier to control. the way the Weston A. Price Founda-
the members of congress who sit on the One could argue that the authors tion exposes the fallacies in mainstream
committees that oversee the FDA. Any of Jaws are too smart to be stupid food and medicine and doesn’t hesitate
member of Congress who does not play enough to believe what the book says. to point out how much harm they do to
ball will not be reelected. You could make a case that the book people.
Regarding your Thumbs Down appears to be an intentional disinforma- Writing is a powerful weapon in
review of Jaws: The Story of a Hidden tion campaign written by people who the war between the true and the false,
Epidemic (Fall, 2018), it’s clear that know exactly what they are doing. It and ironic ridicule is often the best am-
malnutrition causes lack of physical appears to be a subtle attempt to distract munition against the armor of lies and
development. To say otherwise is an the public from recognizing the lack deceit the pharma and food industries
absurdity. If you study the history of of nutrition in adulterated processed use to conceal the truth from the public.
disinformation campaigns, you will foods, and toward a phony prescription It pierces the pseudo-scientific jibber-
notice that most disinformation cam- to solve the problem. jabber they use to fool people into using
paigns have at their core one or more Frank Russell their noxious products, while entertain-
absurdities, such as the absurdity that Annandale, Virginia ing the reader with comic relief. For
chewing hard food is what prevents sure, the pen is mightier than the sword!
dental malformations. This helps you DUMPING GROUND Daniel Reid
to know that it’s a disinformation cam- I read the article about using the Chiang Mai, Thailand
paign. elderly as a dumping ground for pharma
If you look at the history of co- drugs (Fall, 2018), and I found myself
author Paul Ehrlich, he seems to be a cheering out loud in every paragraph. Gifts and bequests to the
part of a group that wants to make the I write books about natural health and Weston A. Price Foundation
population sicker and dumber. For de- healing, and I don’t pull any punches will help ensure
cades, the government has been giving when I explain to my readers how to- the gift of good health
public health recommendations to make tally absurd modern diet and medicine to future generations.

LEFT: Dr. Mel Litman
travelled from Israel to
speak at our 2018 Wise
Traditions conference.

RIGHT: The Agarwals
of Pure Indian Foods
exhibited as well as
presented a well-
received talk called
Cooking with
Spices and Herbs.

8 Wise Traditions WINTER 2018