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THE WESTON A. PRICE President’s Message
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sally Fallon Morell, MA, President and Treasurer This issue focuses on the complex subject of thyroid and adrenal
Mary Enig, PhD, FACN, CNS, Vice President health, two critical supports for optimal human biochemistry. Thyroid
Geoffrey Morell, ND, JP, Secretary
Tom Cowan, MD problems and adrenal fatigue respond well to traditional nutrition—and
Cherie Calvert are negatively impacted by the modern diet—yet these conditions often
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
Valerie Curry Joyner require additional help in the form of thyroid or adrenal cortex hormones.
GENERAL COUNSEL The authors featured here, Dr. Bruce Rind and Dr. John Dommisse, have
James Turner, Esq. both developed successful protocols to treat these conditions. Yet their
HONORARY BOARD treatment plans differ in many respects—there are no easy answers in the
Jen Allbritton, BS, CN
Christian B. Allen, PhD ¿HOGV RI PHGLFLQH DQG QXWULWLRQ OHDVW RI DOO LQ WKH WUHDWPHQW RI WK\URLG
Naomi Baumslag, MD, MPH and adrenal problems!
Marie A. Bishop, CDC
Jerry Brunetti We also present an article on iodine—another subject fraught with
Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD controversy. Iodine status affects not only thyroid function, but also
Lee Clifford, MS, CCN
Christapher Cogswell, MA growth, fertility, intelligence and breast health. Yet too much iodine can
Monica Corrado contribute to thyroid problems. How to optimize iodine status? That is
Janice Curtin
Eric Davis, BDSc, DAc, DCN the question!
William Campbell Douglass, MD
Sara Bachman Ducey, MS, CNS I would like to take this opportunity to thank our columnists for
James A. Duke, PhD keeping us up to date, issue after issue. Thanks to Pete Kennedy for
Carol Esche, DNP, MA, RN, CNA
Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD monitoring all the legal and legislative goings-on regarding raw milk.
Ruth Ann Foster, MA
Donna Gates, BS, MEd The increase in state bills for liberalizing access to raw milk plus a re-
Zac Goldsmith, Editor, The Ecologist duction in legal confrontations between farmers and state governments
Nicholas Gonzalez, MD
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Joann S. Grohman Thanks also to Judith McGeary for her calm, cunning and persistent
Barry Anthony Groves
Beatrice Trum Hunter, MA FDPSDLJQ DJDLQVW WKH 1DWLRQDO $QLPDO ,GHQWL¿FDWLRQ 6\VWHP -XGLWK
Richard James, MBA, LLD provides the combination of level headedness and steely opposition
Mark A. Kastel
Larry Klein that we need to defeat this monstrous proposal. Her updates keep us all
Kilmer McCully, AB, MD, MA (hon)
Frank Melograna, MD LQIRUPHG DQG SURYLGH VSHFL¿F DFWLYLVW VWHSV ZH FDQ DOO WDNH WR SUHYHQW
Carlos Monteiro the implementation of NAIS.
Kenneth Fielding Morehead, DOM
David Morris, BS, DC We also appreciate Mary Enig for her ongoing expertise on fats
Bruce Rind, MD
Julia Ross, MA and oils, Kaayla Daniel for keeping us up to date on the problems with
Jordan S. Rubin, NMD, CNC soy, Tom Cowan for his insights into alternative treatments, Tim Boyd
Ethan Russo, MD
Adrienne Samuels, PhD for his amusing DVD reviews, Joette Calabrese for her homeopathy
Jack Samuels, MSHA column and Jen Allbritton for her wonderful ideas on feeding growing
Ron Schmid, ND
Andreas Schuld children.
Frederick I. Scott, Jr, BE, MS
C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD $W WKH RI¿FH ZH KDYH EHHQ IRFXVLQJ RQ WKH ODXQFK RI RXU QHZ
Ted Spence, DDS, ND website (which hopefully will be up and running by the time this jour-
Rebecca L. Stearns, LAc, DAc
Alana Sugar, CN QDO UHDFKHV \RX DQG SXWWLQJ WKH ¿QDO WRXFKHV RQ FRQIHUHQFH SODQV :H
Krispin Sullivan, CN have an outstanding list of speakers for Wise Traditions 2009 and will
Joe Tarantolo, MD
Beverly B. Teter, PhD, FACN, CNS EH IHDWXULQJ VXEMHFWV UDQJLQJ IURP WKH KLJKO\ VFLHQWL¿F WR WKH LQWHQVHO\
John Umlauf
Susun S. Weed practical. Since this year’s conference will be held in the midwest,
David Wetzel, BS outside of Chicago, we are offering several tracks on grass-based
Bruce West, DC
George Yu, MD farming and direct marketing. Conference mailers will be going out
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dates of November 13-16. We look forward to seeing you there!
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