Introducing 7 principles whole diet

“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire” - Gustav Mahler.

When I told my wife I was writing about the Weston Price diet, she asked if that was a way of saying I wanted bones and liver for dinner!! I just said, ‘Hey, anything for superhero teeth! 😁

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Kidding aside.

We have published many posts about nutrition, but we should examine what traditional nutrition really means. Some might think this refers to the paleo diet or low-carb eating. Traditional nutrition, or the Weston Price diet, doesn't follow any specific diet with strict rules or limitations.

Those familiar with Dr. Price's expeditions understand that he observed different diets among various peoples, depending on where they lived. Despite their differences, all these types of traditional nutrition share common foundations - maximum nutritional density, easy digestibility, and high amounts of key vitamins and minerals.

Main principles of traditional nutrition:

1. Animal fats are the main dietary fats, and people use them for cooking. People rarely use seed oils; when they do, they cold-press them and use small amounts. People almost never cooked with seed oils (until progress made seed oil cheap and available). They use fruit oils more often and may cook with them.

2. Red meat is the primary meat source. People eat all edible parts of the animal—internal organs, fat, and bone marrow—and make broths from bones. They eat meat with fat and poultry with skin. They don't value lean "diet" meat.

3. Wild-caught fish and other seafood can make up more of the diet than meat. People also eat fish roe, liver, and heads of large fish. They make broth from heads and tails.

4. People sometimes eat meat products and seafood raw, dried, or cured.

5. People consume whole, full-fat, non-homogenized dairy products. They drink raw, unboiled, unpasteurized milk. Many dairy products come from raw milk, while some are from heated milk. Butter serves as a highly valuable dairy fat.

6. Like other animal products, people eat eggs without quantity restrictions, and they are often raw.

7. Animals providing food products should live in natural conditions for their species and eat their natural diet.

People prepare grains for best digestion through heat cooking with prior lacto-fermentation (souring), soaking, or sprouting. They use whole-milled flour, sometimes sifted but never bleached.

Today, experts recommend only organically grown grains since farmers treat everything else with glyphosate. Glyphosate exposure has been linked to neurotoxic effects, such as neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and altered neurotransmission, potentially affecting behaviors and motor functions.

Studies suggest glyphosate may disrupt estrogen receptors, particularly affecting hormone-dependent tissues, potentially leading to cellular changes and cancer risk.

People add seeds and nuts to main dishes or eat them separately in small amounts. These cannot adequately replace animal fats.

People eat vegetables and fruits raw, fermented, and cooked. They cook starchy vegetables before eating.

People usually eat plant products with animal products and/or animal fats.

Fermented foods are essential to the diet - people ferment vegetables, drinks, dairy products, and even meat.

People use unrefined salt, which contains sodium chloride and many other minerals.

People consume sugar in very moderate amounts through natural whole sweeteners like honey, fruit juice syrups, and boiled crystallized syrups.

Hunger and thirst regulate the amount and frequency of eating and drinking.

As you can see, traditional nutrition includes absolutely all food groups. Individual diets based on these principles can vary, just as they vary among different people.

Not everyone consumes dairy products. Some exclude grains. Some people might do better with mostly animal products and minimal plant foods. Others might need more plant foods and fewer animal products. Depending on health and physical demands, these needs might change during different life periods, so listening to your body and desires matters.

Consider both national traditional eating habits and where you live. When excluding any food group, ensure you get nutrients from other groups. Don't exclude entire food groups without clear necessity, as this can lead to problems. Only for medical reasons.

General restrictions apply to industrially processed foods that use processing methods and/or ingredients uncommon in traditional preparation.

Completely excluding animal products doesn't work as a long-term strategy because it represents a form of starvation.

As many studies show, even 100 years ago, despite most people's limited diets, they had far fewer diseases related to metabolic disorders. In this case, progress has played against us. The prevalence of ultra-processed foods in our diet containing large amounts of seed oils, margarine, spreads, and other chemical additives causes all major causes of death in the USA.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Warm regards,
Kos and Helen.