Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine: Improving Health and Longevity with Native Nutrition

This book traces the cause of many chronic health problems to our modern

diet and shows how a return to traditional foods can improve one's well-being. 

Modern medicine now recognizes that the present-day Western diet is

responsible for many of today's chronic illnesses. Nutritionists and anthropologists

have noted the decline in health that accompanies indigenous peoples' transition

from traditional to modern diets. In Traditional Foods Are Your Best

Medicine, Ron Schmid explains how a return to a traditional diet can

help you reduce your risk of heart attack by 50 percent; fight allergies,

chronic fatigue, arthritis, skin problems, and headaches; recover from

colds and flu in a day or two; and increase your life-expectancy. Chapters

focusing on the major food groups, common diets, and health goals enable

you to tailor a diet to your special needs. 

New edition, previously titled Native Nutrition.

Ronald F. Schmid, N.D., a licensed naturopathic physician and Jungianpsychotherapist, is a graduate of M.I.T. and has taught at naturopathicmedical schools in Oregon, Washington, and Arizona. He lives in Connecticutand practices in Westport and Greenwich. He is the host of "Just Past HighNoon," a radio show about alternative medicine and psychology.

Traditional Foods are Your Best Medicine

Improving Health and Longevity with Native Nutrition

Preface

Introduction

Part 1: Native Foods: History, Anthropology, Research, ClinicalExperience

1 Dr. Weston Price and His Studies of Traditional Societies

2 The Benefits of Raw Foods

3 People, Food, and Health: From Ancient Ancestors to Contemporary

Hunter-Gatherers

4 Long-Lived People of Vilcabamba, Hunza, and Georgian Russia

5 Protective Characteristics of Native Nutrition

6 Fish, Fat-Soluble Nutrients, and Health

7 A Review of Several Well-Known Diets

8 Creating a Native Diet for Health and Longevity

9 Recovering Through Nutrition: Dietary Considerations for SpecificConditions

10 Relationships: Individuals, Physicians, and Health Goals

Part 2: Native Versus Modern Foods: a Guide to Natural Eating

11 Fish and Shellfish

12 The Production of Modern Meat, Fowl, and Eggs

13 Naturally Raised Meat, Fowl, and Eggs

14 Conventional Milk and Milk Products

15 Certified Raw Milk, Butter, Raw-Milk Cheeses

16 Chemical Versus Organic Farming

17 Vegetables

18 Whole Grain Foods

19 Fruits, Nuts, and Seeds

20 Other Foods, Seasonings, and Beverages

21 Vitamins, Minerals, and Food Supplements

Appendices

I Seafood: Characteristics and Habitat of Popular Fish

II Understanding Laboratory Tests

III Food Irradiation: The Latest Threat to Our Foods

IV Exercise and Sports

Bibliography

Indexandnbsp;andquot;A provocative contribution to the debate on what constitutes a healthy diet. It deserves to be widely read.andquot;"
< em > The Boston Herald" < /em > andquot;An excellent, comprehensive book. Dr. Schmid blends the wisdom of traditional eating patterns with modern scientific knowledge.andquot;"
< strong > Annemarie Colbin < /strong > , author of < i > Food and Healing < /i > " < br / > andquot;In our rapidly changing world where technology is king, we have forgotten that native peoples once thrived, disease-free, until the introduction of refined foods into their diets. This is dramatically revealed in Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine. . . . I've reviewed dozens of books on nutrition over the years, but Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicineput a lot of things in perspective for me.andquot;"""
< strong > Irene Alleger < /strong > in < i > The Townsend Letter for Doctors < /i > " Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicinetraces the cause of many chronic health problems to our modern diet and shows how a return to traditional foods can improve one's well-being. Ronald F. Schmid, N.D., explains how a return to a traditional diet can increase your life-expectancy and help you reduce your risk of heart attack by 50 percent.

Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine traces the cause of many chronic health problems to our modern diet and shows how a return to traditional foods can improve one's well-being. Ronald F. Schmid, N.D., explains how a return to a traditional diet can can help you reduce your risk of heart attack; fight allergies, arthritis, and headaches; and increase your life-expectancy.

This book traces the cause of many chronic health problems to our moderndiet and shows how a return to traditional foods can improve one's well-being.andnbsp;

Modern medicine now recognizes that the present-day Western diet isresponsible for many of today's chronic illnesses. Nutritionists and anthropologistshave noted the decline in health that accompanies indigenous peoples' transitionfrom traditional to modern diets. In Traditional Foods Are Your BestMedicine, Ron Schmid explains how a return to a traditional diet canhelp you reduce your risk of heart attack by 50 percent; fight allergies,chronic fatigue, arthritis, skin problems, and headaches; recover fromcolds and flu in a day or two; and increase your life-expectancy. Chaptersfocusing on the major food groups, common diets, and health goals enableyou to tailor a diet to your special needs.andnbsp;

New edition, previously titled Native Nutrition.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-257) and index.

Ronald F. Schmid, N.D., a licensed naturopathic physician and Jungian psychotherapist, is a graduate of M.I.T. and has taught at naturopathic medical schools in Oregon, Washington, and Arizona. He lives in Connecticut and practices in Westport and Greenwich. He is the host of "Just Past High Noon," a radio show about alternative medicine and psychology.

Preface

Introduction

Part 1: Native Foods: History, Anthropology, Research, Clinical Experience

1Dr. Weston Price and His Studies of Traditional Societies

2The Benefits of Raw Foods

3People, Food, and Health: From Ancient Ancestors to Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers

4Long-Lived People of Vilcabamba, Hunza, and Georgian Russia

5Protective Characteristics of Native Nutrition

6Fish, Fat-Soluble Nutrients, and Health

7A Review of Several Well-Known Diets

8Creating a Native Diet for Health and Longevity

9Recovering Through Nutrition: Dietary Considerations for Specific Conditions

10Relationships: Individuals, Physicians, and Health Goals

Part 2: Native Versus Modern Foods: a Guide to Natural Eating

11Fish and Shellfish

12The Production of Modern Meat, Fowl, and Eggs

13Naturally Raised Meat, Fowl, and Eggs

14Conventional Milk and Milk Products

15Certified Raw Milk, Butter, Raw-Milk Cheeses

16Chemical Versus Organic Farming

17Vegetables

18Whole Grain Foods

19Fruits, Nuts, and Seeds

20Other Foods, Seasonings, and Beverages

21Vitamins, Minerals, and Food Supplements

Appendices

ISeafood: Characteristics and Habitat of Popular Fish

IIUnderstanding Laboratory Tests

IIIFood Irradiation: The Latest Threat to Our Foods

IVExercise and Sports

Bibliography

Index