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With such variety in geography and climate dedicated two entire chapters of Nutrition and Clearly, Dr.
comes an even greater diversity of culture. This Physical Degeneration to Peru. (Most places he
diversity of culture is really just the conglomera- visited got only one chapter.) Clearly, Dr. Price Price was
tion of the distinct responses of many different was captivated by Peru’s people, history and the captivated
Peruvian people to the same basic questions: variety of diets he found there. by Peru’s
What does it mean to be human? How can I Dr. Price was a remarkable person. Thanks
survive and thrive in this part of the world, to his vision and efforts, we find ourselves in people,
wherever I am? Or, in the case of Peru, how can Peru reading the Wise Traditions journal, part history and
I survive and thrive in the driest desert or the of an incredible family of people around the the variety
tallest mountains or the deepest jungle? That´s world who resonate with Dr. Price’s message
why Peru is home to many languages, many that “Life in all its fullest is Mother Nature of diets he
traditional diets, many typical dances and many obeyed”—and with his message that for humans found there.

types of music. to successfully move forward into the future, we
There are so many different ways to answer must first honor and remember those who came
the fundamental questions of what it means to before us and understand our roots and our past.
be human, just within the Peruvian borders. In fact, you and I are here today because we
Our three-week journey to Peru on behalf of all come from a lineage of successful people.
the Weston A. Price Foundation took us through Our ancestors got it right, and for that, we
some of these layers of culture. We started in should be very grateful. We do not have to go
the hectic city of Lima, moved on to the white far back in human history to find people who
and black ranges of the Andes in Huaraz, and knew how to live well. Dr. Price found many of
finished our trip in the still-glorious former them in the 1930s on his decade-long journey
capital of the Incan empire, Cusco. around the globe. The people he studied lived in
harmony with the earth to nourish themselves,
DR. PRICE’S MESSAGE both body and spirit. They knew how to grow
To help you better understand our journey nutrient-dense food while contributing to soil
to Peru and the goals we had in mind for our health. They knew how to prepare food so the
trip, we must start at the beginning of the story, body could assimilate it well and, in turn, build
with Dr. Price himself. Dr. Price traveled to strong, healthy and robust people who did not
Peru long before we did, back in the 1930s, and suffer from tooth decay and who had an easier

We shared Dr. Price’s message with all age groups in Quechua is the second most spoken language in Peru,
Peru, including schoolchildren in the remote province with over three million speakers. We enlisted the help
of Aija, situated in the Andean Mountains. of our friend Silvia, who translated into Quechua for us.
Pictured here are Elías, our biologist friend, Silvia
(with her baby on her back), Katie and Hilda.

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