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                 OUTSTANDING CONFERENCE              ence, to be held in San Francisco. All  she came into the world with many risk
                     I have been implementing a healthy  of the talks from the 2007 conference  factors, including an obese 43-year-old
                 traditional diet in our family since 2003.  are available on CDs and DVDs. Visit  mother with a previous infant death,
                 I have had chronic fatigue for over ten  westonaprice.org for ordering informa-  preeclampsia, a low birth weight of
                 years. I don’t know whether I’ll ever be  tion.                        four pounds, and a diffi cult cesarean
                 completely recovered but this way of                                   post-op period, she has turned out to be
                 eating has been a lifesaver. Thank you  SUCCESS LIST                   exceptionally strong, smart and is catch-
                 for all your work.                     Please add my name to the WAPF  ing up physically to other healthy full
                     I just attended my fi rst WAPF con-  success list—I was researching nutrition  term babies. People are amazed at how
                 ference and it was outstanding. First, the  for bones (to avoid taking Fosamax)  agile she is. She started talking fully at
                 friendliness of the people and children  when a friend told me about the WAPF  one year and fi ve months. Her constant
                 overwhelmed me. Meal after meal, the  guidelines. I had news in July, 2005,  ear infections have stopped and so has
                 conversations were as exceptional as the  from my NP that I was very close to  her eczema and asthma that the doctors
                 food. Complete strangers could discuss  osteoporosis.                  feared she would develop at a later age.
                 amiably about the wealth of information     Forward to today. I have to go see  Now she rarely gets colds.
                 they had just experienced in the talks.  my NP to get the actual numbers, but her     This is all thanks to a religious fol-
                 Natasha Campbell-McBride’s was the  recent note (result of a scan on December  lowing of all the principles of a nour-
                 best presentation that I heard, but oth-  10, 2007) indicates bone density “im-  ishing traditional diet and feeding for a
                 ers were excellent, including those by  provement.” I joined our local chapter  baby and toddler. She not only has the
                 Vicki Braun, Chris Masterjohn, Dr. Mary  and have been buying local raw milk  raw milk baby formula, but I give her
                 Megson, Dr. Veronica Doggett, Kathy  and other farm products for about 18  lots of live yoghurt, kefi r, organic eggs,
                 O’Brien, Kathryne Pirtle and Dr. Phillip  months.                      sea salt, raw liver, raw tuna, meat stocks
                 Incao.                                                     Tish Cotter  and whey.
                               Mary Claire Robinson                 New York, New York                        Leesa Khalid
                                  Rileyville, Virginia                                                     Dhaka, Pakistan
                                                     AGILE AND ALERT
                 Dr. Campbell-McBride will conduct an     My daughter Isabella is now one  LED ME TO WAPF
                 all-day seminar at this year’s confer-  year and nine months old. Even though     I first came across your website




                                                          LEFT: Isabella Khalid came
                                                          into the world as a low
                                                          birth weight baby with
                                                          many risk factors.




                                                              RIGHT: Today Isabella
                                                              is a plump and perfect
                                                               picture of health on a
                                                           nourishing traditional diet.


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