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THE WESTON A. PRICE

President’s Message
FOUNDATION ®
Education ΠResearch ΠActivism

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sally Fallon, MA, President and Treasurer
Mary Enig, PhD, FACN, CNS, Vice President When Dr. Weston Price embarked on his worldwide investiga-
Geoffrey Morell, ND, JP, Secretary tions of nonindustrialized peoples, he did so with an open mind. When
Tom Cowan, MD
Cherie Calvert his patients asked him that all-important question, “What is a healthy
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN diet?” he did not know the answer. He knew that a healthy diet produced
Valerie Curry Joyner
freedom from dental decay, attractive facial structure, protection against
GENERAL COUNSEL
James Turner, Esq. disease and ease of reproduction, but he could not, before his investiga-
tions, tell his patients with assurance what to eat.
HONORARY BOARD
H. Leon Abrams, Jr, MA, EDS Dr. Price was a highly spiritual individual with leanings towards
Jen Allbritton, BS, CN vegetarianism. He had hoped to find healthy peoples whose diets con-

Christian B. Allen, PhD
Naomi Baumslag, MD, MPH tained only plant foods. What he discovered instead was that all so-called
Marie A. Bishop, CDC
Jerry Brunetti primitive cultures consumed animal foods in one form or another. In
Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD some cultures, such as native tribes in Alaska and northern Canada,
Lee Clifford, MS, CCN
Christapher Cogswell, MA animal foods comprised almost 100 percent of calories; in others, such
Monica Corrado as the agricultural tribes in Africa, animal foods comprised only a small
Janice Curtin
Eric Davis, BDSc, DAc, DCN portion of the diet. However, all of the cultures he studied valued certain
William Campbell Douglass, MD
Sara Bachman Ducey, MS, CNS foods as sacred, necessary for healthy reproduction and the optimal
James A. Duke, PhD growth of children, and these sacred foods were always animal foods.
Carol Esche, DNP, MA, RN, CNA
Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD This discovery has been called “Dr. Price’s greatest disappointment.”
Ruth Ann Foster, MA He did not, as he had hoped, find a single vegan culture.

Donna Gates, BS, MEd
Zac Goldsmith, Editor, The Ecologist This issue of Wise Traditions examines the various arguments for
Nicholas Gonzalez, MD
Trauger Groh vegetarianism and veganism, especially the proposition that avoidance
Joann S. Grohman of animal foods will make us healthier and will benefit the environment.

Barry Anthony Groves
Beatrice Trum Hunter, MA Unfortunately, many people—especially young people entering the
Richard James, MBA, LLD
Larry Klein childbearing years—believe these arguments and adopt a vegetarian
Kilmer McCully, AB, MD, MA (hon) lifestyle, a decision that can have severe adverse consequences for the
Frank Melograna, MD
Carlos Monteiro next generation. The Weston A. Price Foundation has consistently issued
Joseph Mercola, DO strong warnings about the dangers of veganism. Some individuals may
Kenneth Fielding Morehead, DOM
David Morris, BS, DC do well on a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet if the eggs and dairy foods they
Bruce Rind, MD
Julia Ross, MA consume are of very high quality (and the dairy foods should be raw).
Jordan S. Rubin, NMD, CNC However, most people need other sources of animal protein, especially
Ethan Russo, MD
Adrienne Samuels, PhD seafood. Those born with a very high requirement for zinc and vitamin
Jack Samuels, MSHA B will need to consume liver and red meat frequently.
Ron Schmid, ND 12
Andreas Schuld The question of whether or not to eat animal foods is highly
Frederick I. Scott, Jr, BE, MS
C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD charged with emotion and often involves tenuous arguments about
Ted Spence, DDS, ND spirituality. The most spiritual act of all is to put one’s ideals into prac-
Rebecca L. Stearns, LAc, DAc

Alana Sugar, CN tice, to be active for beneficial change in the physical world. Without
Krispin Sullivan, CN the good health and mental clarity that comes from a healthy diet, one
Joe Tarantolo, MD
John Umlauf that includes animal foods, this is very difficult if not impossible to do.

Charles Walters, MA
Susun S. Weed And the responsibility for imparting this good health and mental clar-
David Wetzel, BS ity to the next generation rests on the shoulders of all those who would
Bruce West, DC
George Yu, MD be parents. We hope that the articles in this issue will provide future
parents with the requisite understanding well before their children come
along—and not as a tragically disappointed aftermath.