What is a Weston Price diet?

Dr Weston Price was a dentist in the 1930's who travelled the world to study the diets of traditional and non-industrialized people.

He found that these people had superb health, and were free of chronic disease and dental decay.

When he compared these groups to nearby villages or tribes who were living on so called 'civilised diet' which involved refined grains, canned foods, pasteurized milk, and sugar, he found that these people had developed degenerative and infectious illnesses.

What does the the diet involve?

In a nutshell avoiding all processed foods.

No processed meats (including luncheon, salami, bacon)
No margarine, foods cooked in vegetable oils, or low fat products
No highly processed vegetable oils
No pasteurized, homogenized commercial milk
No bleached or fortified flour
No genetically modified foods
No commercial cereals
No refined sugar, including high fructose corn syrup
No fizzy drinks, fruit juices, rice or oat milk, MSG, artificial colours, flavours, or preservatives.

So what can we eat?

All nutrient dense, unprocessed foods which includes

Pasture raised meat, beef, lamb, game, chicken, turkey
Seafood from deep sea waters, fresh shellfish
Fresh eggs from free range hens
Fresh butter and cream, especially raw diary, yogurt, and cheese
Extra virgin olive oil, and coconut oil
Sourdough breads
Fresh fruit and vegetables, raw, cooked, and fermented
Meat stocks
Lacto-fermented drinks

The aim of this blog is to focus on the food we can eat.
To share recipes that we use and our children enjoy, and that I feel isn't too time consuming to prepare with a busy family life.