Primal Nutrition: Paleolithic and Ancestral Diets for Optimal Health

Schmid, Ron

ISBN 10: 1620555190 / ISBN 13: 9781620555194

Published by Healing Arts Press, 2015

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Synopsis:

The human body's innate mechanisms for healing and immunity extend beyond the mending of cuts and broken bones or recovery from colds and flu. Given the foods we evolved to thrive on, foods our ancestors knew well, the body can naturally prevent and overcome a host of degenerative conditions and chronic illnesses, from allergies, eczema, and arthritis to dental caries, heart attack, and even cancer.

Drawing on the work of Dr. Weston A. Price, Dr. Francis Pottenger, and other nutritional health pioneers, Dr. Ron Schmid demonstrates that the strongest and most disease-resistant indigenous cultures around the world lived on whole, natural foods--seafood, wild game, healthy grass-fed domestic animals, and, in some cases, whole grains and raw dairy. He explores how modern refined diets differ from ancestral ones, the dramatic declines in health seen in indigenous cultures that adopt modern diets, and the steps you can take to build health with traditional foods. He observes that the foods considered essential and "sacred" in native cultures--the foods around which rituals and ceremonies evolved and that were emphasized prior to and during pregnancy--were invariably animal-source foods such as seafood, liver, and raw milk products, thus underscoring the importance of these foods to overall health and immunity, a fact that modern nutritional science has overwhelmingly proved true.

Blending the wisdom of traditional eating patterns with modern scientific knowledge, Dr. Schmid explains how to apply these principles to create your own common sense primal diet, tailored to your specific needs, to rebuild health and improve longevity.

About the Authors: Ronald F. Schmid, N.D. (1946-2017), was a licensed naturopathic physician, Jungian psychotherapist, and author of two books, The Untold Story of Milk and Primal Nutrition: Paleolithic and Ancestral Diets for Optimal Health. A graduate of M.I.T. and the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, he taught at all four accredited naturopathic medical schools in the United States. He was also the former Clinic Director and Chief Medical Officer at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine, a longtime member, sponsor, and honorary board member of the Weston A. Price Foundation, and the owner of a supplement company, Dr. Ron's Ultra-Pure.

Sally Fallon Morell is the president of the Weston A. Price Foundation.

Nora T. Gedgaudas, CNS, CNT, is board-certified in Holistic Nutrition through the National Association of Nutritional Professionals (NANP) and is recognized by the Nutritional Therapy Association as a certified nutritional therapist (CNT). Also a board-certified clinical neurofeedback specialist (CNT) and a member of the Nutrition and Metabolism Society and the Weston A. Price Foundation, she maintains a private practice and lives in Grangeville, Idaho.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Primal Nutrition: Paleolithic and Ancestral ...
Publisher: Healing Arts Press
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 3rd Edition