During our last (ok, 1st!) class I referenced the book Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon several times. It was this first book I picked up, thanks to the prompting of Jennifer, that started it all for me...started me on this wild, eye opening and Delicious ride to better nutrition and health. A million thanks to you Jen!!! It was in the introduction of this book that Sally breaks down, in GREAT and scientific detail I might add, fats, carbs, proteins, milk & milk products, salt, spices & additives, beverages, food allergies and special diets. Well I for one learned a TON.....just from the intro.!!!! Ok, I'm bearing my soul here....I actually got lost a couple of times with the fat chains thingys. Not so lost that I was unable to figure it out with a bit of head scratching, but enough that if I was put on the spot this very moment I'd have to have the book in front of me to explain it to you. I'm more than certain that Jennifer caught it with a mere glance of the page as all that technical stuff is just second nature to her. It was that book, which contains such a vast wealth of information and so many oh, so yummy recipes, that lead to the addition of other books for my little own library of learning and healthy cooking.
The reason a cookbook lead me to other books you ask? It's the clever way that she has her recipes in the book. Still not following? Ok, on EVERY SINGLE PAGE that has a recipe she has a couple of little excerpt from other books that go along with what the main ingredient of the recipe is. Now I LOVE to read recipes, but this cookbook got to be a such a page turner for me because I simply couldn't wait to see what the next blurb on the following page was going to be and from which book so that I could add it to my ever growing list of books that I wanted to buy. ANYWAY, my point! (Sorry, I can derail pretty easily, much like a puppy chasing a butterfly.)
I gave out an website in class where one could find out where to purchase RAW MILK if they were interested. Here you go: Realmilk.com or contact a local chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation, listed at westonaprice.org.
And speaking of Weston A. Price......
I also showed the group Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price, DDS. THIS is another must read because it has pictures!!! No, I'm kidding. Sort of. Pictures do speak louder than words, right? This particular book is the study of isolated populations on native diets and the disastrous effects of processed foods and commercial farming methods on human health. Published in 1939, Dr. Price's findings have as much relevance today as they did when it was published over 60 years ago. The book includes Price's unforgettable photographs showing the superb dentition and facial development of peoples living on nutrient-dense foods. Sally even adds, "All who plan to bear children and everyone (my emphasis added) in the practice of medicine should read this book." That pretty much sums it up, right?
Happy Reading!
Heather & Jen
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