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Letters

blood panel and said that with our diet was walking and getting around much can, I point out your website, although
he was “abnormally normal” from what better than I had seen in the four years they are often too undernourished to
is typical of autism. that I knew him. When asked what had reason.
Sharon Ericson changed, one reason he gave was that Eric Otto
Amherst, New Hampshire his meds were better, but another was Cincinnati, Ohio
that he had given up his vegan life style.
TOO UNDERNOURISHED It was the difference between night SUBTLE CHANGES
TO REASON and day. His partner said that he had I just received the Winter 2008 Wise
Thank you for your work. I have been starving to death. It was a choice Traditions magazine and I’m fascinated
followed the WAPF dietary suggestions between Parkinson’s and starving. with Cowan’s “Moods and the Immune
and notice my health improving. I meet a lot of people in my circles System” and Masterjohn’s “The Pursuit
Last night I attended a party and who are vegan, and they are not healthy. of Happiness.” I’ve had over 47,000
one of the people there who had suffered They drink the soy milk and eat soy students in my sociology classes at
from debilitating Parkinson’s disease products, which makes me cringe. If I North Dakota State University in the

A LETTER TO MOTHERING MAGAZINE
Dear Mothering Magazine:
I have been an avid fan of Mothering Magazine ever since my mother gave me about five years of back copies when I
became pregnant with my first child, about eight years ago.
I don’t remember ever reading about Weston A. Price in your publication, and I can’t imagine why he or his work has
not been represented. Perhaps I missed an article.
I have been eating the so-called traditional foods diet for the past two months. I follow closely what the Weston A. Price
Foundation recommends as a healthy diet. I have changed nothing else in my life but what I eat. I no longer get cramps in
my feet or achy fingers in the morning; also my skin is much healthier. But the greatest physical benefit has been a profound
feeling of calmness and relaxation. It is hard to explain exactly how I feel but I can liken it to the oxytocin rush I get when
I breastfeed. But the feeling is more diffuse, not as pronounced at one time. It rather pervades my life now, and I can’t say
I want it to change!
If I may be so bold, I think it is the duty of Mothering Magazine to inform its readers about the traditional foods diet.
There are millions of people out there who really do want to eat a healthy diet and feed their children properly. However,
it seems we are lost in a world dominated by vegetarianism, whole grain cereals, and low-fat nutrient starvation. What we
need is real food!
And, conveniently enough, this all ties in with a recent surge in awareness about the importance of preserving the en-
vironment for mankind’s sake, coupled with many economic worries. By eating a “real food” or “traditional food” diet you
are somewhat released from your dependence on expensive “foods” manufactured in a factory far away and then driven in
a gas-guzzling truck to your local supermarket. By buying from the local farmer who is raising pastured animals and organic
produce you are reducing your own costs and supporting not only the local economy, but small-scale farmers. And, as I’m
sure you are aware, the benefits to the environment are monumental. Oh, and you’re eating good food, too!
If there has been a recent article and I somehow missed it, please excuse my pushiness. But if not, please, please inform
your readers about Weston A. Price and his work. I feel that there is a longing out there, a sense of knowing that things
are not quite right and yet the path is unclear. Just as I know with all of my soul that birthing naturally, breastfeeding and
sleeping with my children is the most humane way about it, I also know that eating real food, not something that has been
clumped together with preservatives and added vitamins and then stuffed in a box to be eaten at an indeterminable later
date, is our only hope.
Still and always a fan,
Jill Cruz, Chicago, Illinois

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