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Letters

rather than to expanding awareness in natural sweeteners or more than a tiny vegetables, animal fats, organ meats,
the mainstream. Jaimie in the film has bit of fruit, my body reacts badly. My bone broth, fermented foods and crispy
found the BPL solution helped him tre- blood sugar, insulin and weight all go nuts and seeds is not a hardship. It is 100
mendously and truly felt a difference. It up and my energy plummets. I have percent compatible with the character-
was recommended by a building biolo- headaches, forget words and become istics of traditional diets and the WAPF
gist. I hope that helps to clarify. tired and spacey. dietary guidelines.
It was wonderful to see this condi- Please keep supporting those of
HYPERINSULINEMIA tion recognized in the Wise Traditions us whose bodies are no longer able to
Thank you, thank you, for publish- journal, the acknowledgement that regulate insulin properly and who do
ing Amy Berger’s article “The Hidden some of us cannot process even tradi- best when limiting traditional sources
Problem of Chronic Hyperinsulinemia” tional properly prepared carbohydrates of carbohydrates.
(Fall, 2018). I particularly appreciated in a healthy manner. I believe it is Lisa Bianco-Davis, Chapter Leader
the point she made: a diet that is healthy important that we encourage insulin- Eugene, Oregon
for traditional healthy people may not resistant people to follow the Wise
be appropriate for someone who is well Traditions principles of nutrient-dense The beauty of the Wise Traditions diet is
along the path of metabolic disease. I nutrition while also reducing carbs to that it does not dictate specific percent-
had already figured this out for my own address insulin resistance. Diabetics, ages of fats, carbohydrates or protein
body. Despite eating a Wise Traditions prediabetics and people with metabolic as the USDA Dietary Guidelines do.
diet for years, I still cannot tolerate syndrome need vitamin A and the full Everyone needs to adjust the amounts
carbohydrates. I get worse every time complement of fat-soluble vitamins, of these macronutrients to conform
I try them (no matter how much fat I possibly even more urgently than those with the characteristics of his or her
include). I believe that if I had not found with healthier metabolisms. metabolism, while still following the
a low-carb, high-fat, keto diet, I would In my role as chapter leader, I never basic principles of the diet.
have full-blown type 2 diabetes by now. recommend people avoid traditional
I have sometimes felt like I was not sources of carbohydrates if they toler- DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN
a “proper” WAPF member because if ate them well. But a diet of grass-fed I am retired from the FDA. I did
I include traditional sourdough bread, meat, pastured eggs, raw cream, raw not realize it when I worked at FDA,
soaked whole grains, starchy tubers, cheese, green leafy and other low-carb but I now believe the FDA is a corrupt

Julia Ross (left)
author of
The Craving Cure
and Tedd Koren, DC,
(right) kept the Wise
Traditions 2018
audience interested
and amused during
all-day seminars.

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