March 2010
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March 2010 WAPF Newsletter
REPLY TO VITAMIN D COUNCIL NEWSLETTER Many people have asked us about a paper reported in a recent Vitamin D Council newsletter and Dr. John Cannel’s negative comments about cod liver oil. For Chris Masterjohn’s review of the study and comments see his blog: http://www.westonaprice.org/blog/more-attacks-on-vitamin-a.html.html. OUR WEBSITE Please note that anyone has access to our...
RAW MILK INFO
If you are in SC or our surrounding states and interested in raw milk and/or the right to choose raw milk, become a fan of the SC Alliance for Raw Milk (search for the South Carolina Alliance for Raw Milk fan page and become a fan). Thankfully, SC allows us to sell raw milk for human consumption; however, our neighboring states consider it illegal. We must remain diligent to keep our right to buy...
February 2010
2 posts
WHOLE FOODS PROMOTES VEGETARIAN AGENDA
Dear Members, The Weston A. Price Foundation has issued the following press release about the “Health Starts Here” low-fat, mostly vegetarian marketing program at Whole Foods Markets. Please feel free to distribute this press release to your local media. In addition, you can contact Whole Foods at customer.questions@wholefoods.com to share your experiences with low-fat versus...
ACTION ALERT ON GMO ALFALFA
ACTION ALERT ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED ALFALFA Now is your chance to demand that USDA protect food from contamination by genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa! USDA just released its draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on GE alfalfa and comments are due February 16, 2010. TELL USDA NOT TO APPROVE MONSANTO’S GE ALFALFA In the EIS, USDA claims that there is no evidence that consumers care...
January 2010
3 posts
WAPF Update
WAPF UPDATES HUGE RAW MILK VICTORY IN CANADA Michael Schmidt, operator of a raw milk cow share in Canada was found NOT GUILTY of all 19 counts against him in a Canadian court yesterday. The overwhelming victory caps years of harassment by Canadian authorities and a long court case. Your membership dues and donations helped pay for expert witnesses at Michael’s trial. This is a huge...
Upcoming Events!
NEXT Chapter Meeting :
Our next quarterly chapter meeting will be held on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:30 pm at Total Life Care in West Ashley. Hopefully, we will have additional membership from the membership drive at January’s health fair. Our goals for this meeting will be to outline our objectives for the upcoming 2010 year and decide what events, and educational programs that we...
WAPF Has a New Updated Website!
Dear Members:
We are delighted to announce our new website at www.westonaprice.org at last! Please have a look! The website has an up-to-date, colorful design and includes many new features.
INFORMATION PACKED!All the valuable information that was on the old version of the website is there on the new one, available in both HTML and PDF formats. And we are completely caught up in posting past...
May 2009
2 posts
In Response to Swine Flu Hysteria
Dear Members, You are all aware of the dire warnings about swine flu, the outbreak that started in the Mexican village of La Gloria and which local residents blame on infection and/or toxins coming from local confinement hog operations. The internet is abuzz with warnings bordering on hysteria (conventional media) to a variety of conspiracy theories, and even to allegations that the pandemic is a...
5/09/09 Food and Practitioner Resource List
Charleston Chapter
Weston A. Price Foundation
Hello! We have compiled a list of places where you can procure healthful food. If you would like to add/edit this list, or you would like to join the group you can email us at WestonAPriceSC@hotmail.com. We will be having cooking classes, milk classes, trips to farms, sourdough bread making classes, film viewings, and potlucks! If you are interested in...
April 2009
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Characteristics of Traditional Diets
The diets of healthy primitive and nonindustrialized peoples contain no refined or denatured foods such as refined sugar or corn syrup; white flour; canned foods; pasteurized, homogenized, skim or low-fat milk; refined or hydrogenated vegetable oils; protein powders; artificial vitamins or toxic additives and colorings.
All traditional cultures consume some sort of animal protein and fat from...
Dietary Dangers
Don’t eat commercially processed foods such as cookies, cakes, crackers, TV dinners, soft drinks, packaged sauce mixes, etc.
Avoid all refined sweeteners such as sugar, dextrose, glucose and high fructose corn syrup.
Avoid white flour, white flour products and white rice.
Avoid all hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats and oils.
Avoid all vegetable oils made from soy, corn,...
Dietary Guidelines
Eat whole, natural foods.
Eat only foods that will spoil, but eat them before they do.
Eat naturally-raised meat including fish, seafood, poultry, beef, lamb, game, organ meats and eggs.
Eat whole, naturally-produced milk products from pasture-fed cows, preferably raw and/or fermented, such as whole yogurt, cultured butter, whole cheeses and fresh and sour cream.
Use only traditional fats and...