This document provides guidance on feeding nutrient-dense foods to babies and pregnant/nursing women. It recommends foods like raw milk, butter, eggs, liver, fish and seafood as part of the diet. Commercial baby foods and formulas are not recommended due to lack of nutrients and presence of questionable ingredients. Baby-led weaning is critiqued for not ensuring babies receive the nutrients they need from their first foods like meat and organ meats. Studies showing benefits of nutrient-dense traditional diets for babies are referenced.
This document provides guidance on feeding nutrient-dense foods to babies and pregnant/nursing women. It recommends foods like raw milk, butter, eggs, liver, fish and seafood as part of the diet. Commercial baby foods and formulas are not recommended due to lack of nutrients and presence of questionable ingredients. Baby-led weaning is critiqued for not ensuring babies receive the nutrients they need from their first foods like meat and organ meats. Studies showing benefits of nutrient-dense traditional diets for babies are referenced.
This document provides guidance on feeding nutrient-dense foods to babies and pregnant/nursing women. It recommends foods like raw milk, butter, eggs, liver, fish and seafood as part of the diet. Commercial baby foods and formulas are not recommended due to lack of nutrients and presence of questionable ingredients. Baby-led weaning is critiqued for not ensuring babies receive the nutrients they need from their first foods like meat and organ meats. Studies showing benefits of nutrient-dense traditional diets for babies are referenced.
This document provides guidance on feeding nutrient-dense foods to babies and pregnant/nursing women. It recommends foods like raw milk, butter, eggs, liver, fish and seafood as part of the diet. Commercial baby foods and formulas are not recommended due to lack of nutrients and presence of questionable ingredients. Baby-led weaning is critiqued for not ensuring babies receive the nutrients they need from their first foods like meat and organ meats. Studies showing benefits of nutrient-dense traditional diets for babies are referenced.
1 THE WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION YOUR BABY: The most precious thing to you in the whole world.
ONLY YOU can ensure his lifelong optimal health and
happiness with nutrient-dense food. 2 THE WORK OF WESTON A. PRICE
Traditional peoples consumed special nutrient-dense foods
• Starting 6 months before conception • During pregnancy • During lactation • To the child during the period of growth. 3 NUTRIENT-DENSE SACRED FOODS
4 TO ENSURE A HEALTHY CHILD! • Attractive facial structure; naturally straight teeth • Tall and strong; good musculature, good posture • Intelligent; good concentration • High immunity to illness • Good disposition; happy and outgoing
5 DIET FOR PREGNANT (and nursing) WOMEN • Cod Liver Oil to supply 20,000 IU vitamin A and 2000 IU vitamin D per day. • 1 quart (or 32 ounces) raw whole milk daily, from pasture-fed cows. • 4 tablespoons butter daily, preferably from pasture-fed cows. • 2 or more eggs daily, preferably from pastured chickens Additional egg yolks daily, added to smoothies, salad dressings, scrambled eggs, etc. • 3-4 ounces fresh liver, once or twice per week. • Fresh seafood, 2-4 times per week, particularly 6 wild salmon, shellfish and fish eggs DIET FOR PREGNANT (and nursing) WOMEN • Fresh beef, lamb, pork or dark meat poultry daily, always consumed with the fat (and skin) • Oily fish or lard daily, for vitamin D • 2 tablespoons coconut oil daily, used in cooking or smoothies, etc. • Lacto-fermented condiments and beverages • Bone broths used in soups, stews and sauces • Soaked or sourdough whole grains • Fresh vegetables and fruits • Sea salt 7 PRE-NATAL VITAMINS FROM FOOD! CALCIUM: Raw milk, yoghurt, cheese, bone broths FOLATE: Liver, beans, egg yolk, fish eggs, green vegetables VITAMIN B12: Liver, shellfish, fish eggs, meat, eggs VITAMIN B6: Raw meat, raw dairy, eggs, liver, bananas DHA: Cod liver oil, fish eggs, egg yolks, liver VITAMIN A: Cod liver oil, liver, egg yolks, butter VITAMIN D: Cod liver oil, fish eggs, egg yolks, lard, butter VITAMIN K: Cheese, poultry liver, poultry fats, eggs CHOLINE: Egg yolks, liver ZINC: Red meat, liver, fish eggs IODINE: Fish eggs, sea food, butter PROBIOTICS: Lacto-fermented foods, coconut oil, butter 8 VACCINATIONS PREGNANT WOMEN CONTAIN AT LEAST 4 NEUROTOXINS Mercury Formaldehyde Aluminum MSG JUST SAY NO! Studies show more miscarriages after vaccinations. 9 BREAST-FEEDING
Breast-feeding is best. . .
IF Mom is well nourished
IF Mom has enough milk
IF Mom is at home or has
a job that allows her to pump milk while at work.
10 IF YOU CAN’T BREASTFEED Give your baby our homemade formula based on whole raw milk! westonprice.org/childrens-health/ formula-homemade-baby-formula/
COMMERCIAL FORMULA Skim milk Vegetable oils Sugar, not lactose Many questionable ingredients
Highly processed junk food!
11 12 NO SOY FORMULA!! NO SOY FOODS AT ANY TIME!
13 EXCLUSIVE BREAST-FEEDING AFTER SIX MONTHS? At six months, babies need more iron than breast milk can supply.
Danger of anemia in the baby.
Growth problems Mental retardation Fatigue Behavior problems Shy and clinging; not smiling Lack of social referencing
14 WHEN TO WEAN? Start some solid food by six months
Can be earlier if baby is very big/mature
BUT WHAT TO FEED BABY?
15 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS? • Introduce solid foods around 6 months of age • Expose baby to a wide variety of healthy foods • Offer a variety of textures • Iron-fortified rice cereal as first food (until recent arsenic scandal) • Now grudgingly recommending red meat for iron
16 COMMERCIAL BABY FOOD?
• Mostly vegetables or fruit plus water
• Strange mixtures, like quinoa and peas • Meat with “gravy” (water and corn starch) • No liver, no egg yolks 17 COMMERCIAL BABY FOOD? • Often in plastic containers—give your child phthalates at an early age!
18 COMMERCIAL BABY FOOD? • Aseptic containers – flash heated to 295 °F • Lined with aluminum!
19 Aluminum in lining DOES migrate under high heat, especially to acidic foods like fruit and yogurt! 20 USDA DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND GROWING CHILDREN
Lean meat or tofu
Occasional egg Occasional cheese Fruits and vegetables Whole grains – dry breakfast cereals Lowfat milk Low-trans spreads Reduced salt
NO butter NO organ meats NO animal fats 21 ELEVEN FOODS Eggs Prunes Avocado Fish Yogurt/cheese/milk (soy milk if allergic to cow’s milk) Nuts • Avoid salt Chicken/beans • No butter Fruit • Nonfat or lowfat Green veggies milk after age 2 Whole grains • No organ meats, Water no red meat • Rough whole grains 22 23 The Natural, No-Fuss, No-Purée Method for Starting Your Baby on Solid Foods Baby-Led Weaning explodes the myth that babies need to be spoon- fed and shows why self-feeding from the start of the weaning process is the healthiest way for your child to develop. With baby- led weaning (BLW, for short), you can skip purées and make the transition to solid food by following your baby’s cues.
24 25 BLW FIRST FOODS Raw carrot, raw broccoli, strip of meat Micro-waving OK “Salt is bad for babies” “Healthy Fats” vegetable oils, oily fish, olive oil Full fat dairy OK, but no butter Pasta, pizza OK Oat cakes, rice cakes, dry breakfast cereal
Expect mess—allow time for mom to clean up!
Baby tells mom what he is going to eat!
26 27 28 29 With baby-led weaning, Mom gets to clean up this mess 3-4 times per day! 30 REASONS GIVEN FOR BABY-LED WEANING Put a variety of foods in front of baby—baby will know what to eat (but will mom know which foods baby needs?)
Babies need the training to learn to put things in
their mouths (!)
Babies need to eat with the family at the table (!)
Babies are traumatized by putting a spoon in their
mouth—will grow up to be axe murderers. 31 32 BABY FEEDING STUDIES BY CLARA DAVIS 1926 Mt. Sinai Hospital, Cleveland
Foods included sweet milk (whole, raw milk), sour milk,
salt, beef, lamb, chicken, bone marrow, bone jelly, sweetbreads, brains, liver, kidneys, fish and eggs. 33 • Foods were mashed, ground up or finely minced—not raw and in big chunks.
• Nurses fed foods baby indicated WITH A SPOON.
• Babies also ate with fingers.
• Babies developed definite tastes. For example,
one baby ate two pounds of oranges in one day.
• “All babies ended up eating a balanced diet.”
HOW DO WE KNOW??
• This is NOT baby-led weaning in which babies
are given raw broccoli or raw carrots as their first foods!! 34 NUTRIENT-DENSE FOODS FOR BABY PER 100 g APPLE CARROTS RED MEAT EGG YOLK GIZZARD CHICKEN LIVER
35 NUTRIENT-DENSE FOODS Liver and other organ meats, preferably pasture-fed Whole raw milk Butter! Butter! Butter! (and other animal-fats!) Egg yolks, preferably pasture-fed Red meat with fat, poultry with the skin and fat! Cheese Fish eggs Shell fish Oily fish Cod liver oil Fermented foods like sauerkraut Homemade gelatinous bone broth 36 NUTRIENT-DENSE SUPER FOODS
37 BABY’S FIRST FOODS Soft cooked egg yolk with salt.
Pureed liver, with butter and salt, thinned with water,
broth, cream or raw milk.
Pureed meat or gizzard, with butter or duck fat
Mashed banana
38 AS BABY GROWS Pureed cooked fruit with butter or cream
Pureed soups with cream
Cheese
Avocado
Scrambled egg with extra yolk
Seafood; fish eggs
Family food, finely minced, with butter and salt
39 ATTENTION TO DIGESTIBILITY Raw fruit—very hard for baby to digest—cook baby’s fruit!
Raw vegetables—very hard for baby to digest and
contain anti-nutrients that block mineral absorption and thyroid function—save for later.
Whole grains—a disaster for baby’s gut. Wait until at
least one year and prepare properly to make more digestible
Egg white—wait until at least one year
40 PROBLEMS WITH BABY-LED WEANING
Malnutrition
Wasteful
Choking
Mess
Horrible for family meals
Baby put in charge 41
42 43 44 45 BABY AT FAMILY MEALS
Feed baby his pureed food first, so he is
not hungry.
Give him small pieces of finger food (such
as banana) to eat during the meal.
A pelican bib can
cut down on the mess.
46 WHY BABIES NEED ANIMAL FATS
Cholesterol Critical for growth, hormone production
Saturated Fats Key to all processes in the body
Arachidonic Acid Needed for healthy skin, brain, digestion
Fat-Soluble Vitamins A, D and K
47 ACTH CHOLESTEROL THE MOTHER OF ALL HORMONES CHOLESTEROL
REGULATE DHEA Androstenedione Estradiol MINERAL METABOLISM, GLUCOSE LEVELS, Testosterone BLOOD PRESSURE, HEALING AND STRESS SEX HORMONES
VITAMIN A IS NEEDED FOR EACH CONVERSION.
TRANS FATS INHIBIT ENZYMES THAT MAKE THESE CONVERSIONS. 48 VITAMIN A NEEDED FOR NUMEROUS PROCESSES IN THE BODY
PROTEIN ASSIMILATION CALCIUM ASSIMILATION PROPER GROWTH PREVENTION OF BIRTH DEFECTS PROPER FUNCTION OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM THYROID FUNCTION IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTION PRODUCTION OF STRESS AND SEX HORMONES EYES, SKIN, BONES
74 ROLES OF VITAMIN D HEALTHY BONES PROPER GROWTH MINERAL METABOLISM MUSCLE TONE REPRODUCTION HEALTHY SKIN INSULIN PRODUCTION IMMUNE SYSTEM NERVOUS SYSTEM CELL FUNCTION FEEL GOOD CHEMICALS LONGEVITY 50 SOURCES OF VITAMINS A AND D IN THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN DIET
ALSO, LIVER AND OTHER ORGAN MEATS
AS IN SAUSAGE, PATE, LIVERWURST, SCRAPPLE, ETC. 51 ACTIVATOR X = VITAMIN K2 ANIMAL FORM: K2 is the animal form of vitamin K, made from K1, the plant form. GROWTH: Plays important role, especially in facial development. Sign of deficiency: Underdevelopment of middle third of the face. BONES AND TEETH: Needed for deposition of phosphorus and calcium in bones and teeth HEART DISEASE: Prevents calcification and inflammation of the arteries. BRAIN: Involved in synthesis of myelin sheath; supports learning capacity. REPRODUCTION: Vital for normal reproduction. 52 THE SYNERGY OF VITAMINS A, D and K VITAMIN K ACTIVATES PROTEINS AFTER SIGNALING BY VITAMINS A AND D
k A D
VITAMINS A AND D TELL CELLS TO MAKE CERTAIN PROTEINS
53 Vitamin K2, supported by vitamins A and D, prevents the growth plates from closing prematurely, including the growth plates in the maxilla.
54 FOOD SOURCES OF VITAMIN K2 BEAR FAT
NATTO (FERMENTED SOY)
GOOSE LIVER/DUCK LIVER
GOOSE FAT/DUCK FAT
AGED CHEESES
EGG YOLK
BUTTER
CHICKEN LIVER
FATTY MEATS
SAUERKRAUT 55 Real Cheese
RAW CHEESE FROM PASTURED ANIMALS
A COMPLETE FOOD! Best Source of Vitamin K2 in the Western Diet 56 1938
NURSERY Cod Liver Oil SCHOOL AT
Nursery School U.S. MARYSVILLE Photo CAMP FOR DUST BOWL REFUGEES IN CALIFORNIA
57 "Your baby. . . give him the help he needs to build a well-shaped head ...
Squabb’s Cod Liver a straight, strong
Oil back. . . sound, even teeth ... Daily use is important!
" 58 59 KEY NUTRIENTS FOR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT VITAMIN A: Cod liver oil; liver, butter and egg yolks from grass- fed animals VITAMIN D: Cod liver oil; lard, butter and egg yolks from grass-fed animals VITAMIN K2: Butter, egg yolks and organ meats from grass-fed animals CHOLINE: Liver, egg yolks DHA: Cod liver oil, liver, butter, egg yolks ARACHIDONIC ACID: Animal fats, egg yolks, organ meats ZINC: Red meat, shell fish CHOLESTEROL: Seafood; dairy foods, eggs and meat fats
60 RAW MILK FOR CHILDREN • Calcium for optimal growth, strong bones, strong teeth. • Protection against asthma, allergies, eczema • Builds immune system. • Glutathione for protection against toxins. • Builds healthy gut wall.
61 FIVEFOLD PROTECTIVE SYSTEM IN RAW MILK 1. Destroys pathogens in the milk. 2. Stimulates the immune system. 3. Builds healthy gut wall. 4. Prevents absorption of pathogens and toxins in the gut. 5. Ensures assimilation of all the nutrients.
62 DESTRUCTION OF BUILT-IN SAFETY SYSTEMS BY PASTEURIZATION
Breast Raw Pasteurized UHT Infant
Component Milk Milk Milk Milk Formula B-lymphocytes Active Active Inactivated Inactivated Inactivated Macrophages Active Active Inactivated Inactivated Inactivated Neutrophils Active Active Inactivated Inactivated Inactivated Lymphocytes Active Active Inactivated Inactivated Inactivated IgA/IgG Antibodies Active Active Inactivated Inactivated Inactivated B12 Binding Protein Active Active Inactivated Inactivated Inactivated Bifidus Factor Active Active Inactivated Inactivated Inactivated Medium-Chain FAs Active Active Reduced Reduced Reduced Fibronectin Active Active Inactivated Inactivated Inactivated Gamma-Interferon Active Active Inactivated Inactivated Inactivated Lactoferrin Active Active Reduced Inactivated Inactivated Lysozyme Active Active Active Inactivated Inactivated Mucin A/Oligosaccharides Active Active Reduced Reduced Inactivated Hormones/Growth Factors 1995.Active 1. Scientific American, December Active Reduced Reduced Inactivated 2. The Lancet, 17 NOV 1984;2(8412):1111-1113. 63 DECLINE IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOT RELATED TO MANDATORY PASTUERIZATION Diphtheria Antitoxin UNITED STATES MORTALITY RATES Measles Started Use 1894 Scarlet Fever
Typhoid Whopping Cough Diphtheria
Diphtheria Vaccine Introduced 1920
Whopping Cough Vaccine Measles Vaccine
Widespread use in the late 1940s Introduced 1963
1948: FIRST STATE MANDATORY
PASTEURIZATION LAWS 64 http://www.healthsentinel.com/joomla/images/stories/graphs/us-deaths-1900-1965 THE SACRED COW A Step-Up Transformer of Grass and Sunlight into the Vital Fat-Activators A, D and K2 65 THE PASTURED POULTRY MODEL
66 THE “EFFICIENT” INDUSTRIAL CONFINEMENT MODEL
67 8 times more vitamin D, Supermarket Egg 2 times more vitamin A
in pastured Pastured Egg egg compared to Organic Egg supermarket egg
68 CONFINEMENT BUTTER GRASS-FED BUTTER
10-13 TIMES MORE VITAMIN A AND
3 TIMES MORE VITAMIN D IN GRASS-FED BUTTER
69 VITAMIN D IN LARD HELPS THE BODY MAKE NEURO-CHEMICALS THAT PROTECT AGAINST DEPRESSION.
70 THE SOLUTION Lard TO VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY! 12 times more vitamin D in lard from pastured animals compared to conventional
One test found
1100 IU vitamin D in 1 tablespoon of grass-fed lard! 71 VEGETARIAN DIETS More cancer More allergies More mental illness Need more health care Poorer quality of life AND More tooth decay
Nutrition and Health – The Association between Eating Behavior and Various Health Parameters: A Matched Sample 72February Study, Nathalie T. Burkert , Johanna Muckenhuber, Franziska Großschädl, Éva Rásky, Wolfgang Freidl Published: 7, 2014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088278; AMCN 27 Dec 2011, 712-738. THE PURITANICAL DIET
The virtuous, plant-based, low-fat, low-salt, high-fiber diet.
Approved by dietitians! Impossible to stay on. 73 THE PORNOGRAPHIC FOODS 74 75 LACTO-FERMENTED FOODS PROVIDE ENZYMES AND GOOD BACTERIA
SAUERKRAUT, CORTIDO ( SPICY SOUTH AMERICAN SAUERKRAUT ),
PICKLED RELISH, PICKLED BEETS, PEACH CHUTNEY, APPLE BUTTER
76 GRAINS IN TRADITIONAL CULTURES SEEDS, GRAINS, LEGUMES AND NUTS ARE SOAKED, SPROUTED, FERMENTED OR NATURALLY LEAVENED PROPER PREPARATION MAKES SEED FOODS MORE DIGESTIBLE AND THEIR NUTRIENTS MORE AVAILABLE. BENEFITS REASON
DEACTIVATES ENZYME INHIBITORS BLOCK DIGESTION
NEUTRALIZES PHYTIC ACID BLOCKS MINERAL ABSORPTION
NEUTRALIZES TANNINS AND LECTINS IRRITANTS
PRE-DIGESTS COMPLEX STARCHES & SUGARS HARD TO DIGEST
77 BEGINS BREAKDOWN OF GLUTEN HARD TO DIGEST; CAN BE TOXIC HERBIVORE STOMACHS
78 HUMAN STOMACHS
79 PROPER PREPARATION OF SEED FOODS IMITATES NATURAL FACTORS THAT NEUTRALIZE THE SEED’S "PRESERVATIVES" AND ALLOW IT TO SPROUT:
MOISTURE WARMTH SLIGHT ACIDITY TIME 80 81 82 83 CRUEL BREAKFAST 84 MORE CRUEL BREAKFASTS
85 GOOD BREAKFASTS
SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH SAUTÉED POTATOES
FRIED EGGS WITH NO-NITRATE BACON
AND FRUIT SMOOTHIE MADE WITH WHOLE YOGHURT, EGG YOLKS, FRUIT AND COCONUT OIL 86 GOOD GRAIN BREAKFAST
1. SOAK ROLLED OATS IN WARM WATER AND 1 TABLESPOON
OF SOMETHING ACIDIC – WHEY, YOGHURT, VINEGAR OR LEMON JUICE – OVERNIGHT.
87 2. NEXT MORNING, BRING WATER AND SALT TO A BOIL. 3. ADD SOAKED OATMEAL, BRING TO A BOIL AND COOK, STIRRING, FOR ONE MINUTE. 4. COVER AND LET SIT SEVERAL MINUTES. 88 5. SERVE OATMEAL WITH PLENTY OF BUTTER OR CREAM AND A NATURAL SWEETENER. SPRINKLE COCONUT AND/OR CRISPY NUTS ON TOP IF DESIRED.
89 Teeth marks in butter
90 PROBLEMS WITH SOY FOODS PHYTIC ACID: Blocks absorption of calcium, magnesium, iron, copper and especially zinc.
PROTEASE INHIBITORS: Block protein digestion,
cause swelling of pancreas.
ISOFLAVONES: Block thyroid function and cause
endocrine disruption. Lower cholesterol.
LECTINS: Irritating to the gastrointestinal tract.
OXALATES: High levels can cause kidney stones.
MANGANESE: High levels can cause brain damage
in infants.
91 THE BAD FATS!
92 93 Snack Foods
94 95 96 THE SIX BASIC GOOD FATS AND OILS
Pastured Butter, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Pastured
Lard, Coconut Oil, Fermented Cod Liver Oil 97 IMPORTANCE OF BONE BROTH 1. Supplies calcium and other minerals in a form easy to assimilate. 2. Supplies nutrients that help build healthy collagen and cartilage.
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