Traditional
Foods Are Your Best Medicine
When first published, Dr. Ron's first
book was a voice in the wilderness crying out, "Animal foods are
good for you!"
Dr.
Ron tells a story about his first day in naturopathic medical
school in 1977. The last class of the day was naturopathic
philosophy. Surveying the class of thirty mostly vegetarian
students, the teacher, Dr. Gordon Hurlburt, a crusty old
naturopath who had been in practice for over thirty years,
offered the comment, "Most of you people look like
you could use a good steak."
Nine years later, when Dr.
Ron wrote Traditional
Foods Are Your Best Medicine, he
and Dr. Hurlburt were still in the distinct minority. The
years since have seen the pendulum swing toward a renewed
understanding of the importance of high quality animal
foods in the diet. Thousands of health care professionals
and nutritionists have learned about the research of Weston
Price, Francis Pottenger, Max Gerson, and others. The work
of those pioneers showed beyond any doubt the critical
importance of nutrients found only in seafood, and meat
and raw dairy products from grass-fed animals.
"If the wholistic movement for drugless therapy,
using natural foods eaten by our ancestors has a hero,
it surely must be practicing naturopathic physician Dr.
Ronald F. Schmid. He has authored an information-packed
text employing poetic language and an obvious love of naturopathic
science…I anticipate using the book as a reference
for decades."
-Dr. Morton Walker, medical journalist,
in The Townsend Letter
for Doctors, 1987, #51
Traditional
Foods Are Your Best Medicine is so valuable because it accurately presents
the wisdom of our ancestors. The answers are there for
us if we can open our eyes to them.
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CONTENTS
- Dr.
Weston Price and His Studies of Traditional
Societies
- The
Benefits of Raw Foods
- People,
Food, and Health: From Ancient Ancestors to
Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers
- Long-Lived
People of Vilcabamba, Hunza, and Georgian Russia
- Protective
Characteristics of Native Nutrition
- Fish,
Fat-Soluble Nutrients, and Health
- A
Review of Several Well-Known Diets
- Creating
a Native Diet for Health and Longevity
- Recovery
Through Nutrition: Dietary Considerations for
Specific Conditions
- Relationships:
Individuals, Physicians, and Health Goals
- Fish
and Shellfish
- The
Production of Modern Meat, Fowl, and Eggs
- Naturally
Raised Meat, Fowl, and Eggs
- Conventional
Milk and Milk Products
- Certified
Raw Milk, Butter, Raw-Milk Cheeses
- Chemical
Versus Organic Farming
- Vegetables
- Whole-Grain
Foods
- Fruits,
Nuts, and Seeds
- Other
Foods, Seasonings, and Beverages
- Vitamins,
Minerals, and Food Supplements
Epilogue: Toward a Philosophy of Natural Living
Appendices:
I. Seafood: Characteristics and Habitat of Popular Fish and Shellfish
II. Understanding Laboratory Tests
III. Food Irradiation: The Latest Threat to Our Foods
IV. Exercise and Sports
There is also an extensive bibliography and an index.
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Traditional
Foods Are Your Best Medicine
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