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fertilisers. Meats and fish have come courtesy of "factory stripped of much of their nutritional value. The same can be said farming" techniques and are laden with drugs, hormones and for white rice, white sugar and any other highly refined food item. antibiotics to compensate for the miserable health of the caged The end result of most food processing is a substance high in animals. Milk products come from cows eating industrial waste; "empty calories" and devoid of vitamins, minerals, proteins, live the milk must be pasteurised in order not to make people ill. enzymes and fats. When a food requires the body to expend more In contrast to industrialised societies with our modern methods, resources than it actually gives, the food can be termed an "anti- indigenous populations are cognisant of the need to protect the nutrient". These types of foods are a net loss for the body, since richness of the topsoil so that it can provide healthy foods for they deplete the body of more nutrients during the process of them and for people in the future. Using time-tested methods being digested than they could ever provide. passed down from generation to generation for thousands of In addition to discovering this most obvious correlation years, these people have kept themselves and their children between diet and dental caries, Dr Price also found that dental healthy. The "primitive" cultures of the world have seemingly health was an indication of overall fitness. He observed a solved their food production problems. They make every effort to startling connection between a processed food diet and birth prevent erosion and soil loss as they defects of the mouth and jaw. Those fertilise the land through non-synthetic eating processed food were much more methods. Diversity of crops, crop wo . likely to produce children with rotation, resting the soil and the liberal It is interesting to note that malformed dental arches. This was a use of organic fertilisers all help to although the indigenous peoples new development in these cultures. ensure soil fertility. These observa- The parents in these cases had tions and many others were first did not brush their teeth much perfectly formed jaws, so it seems that recorded by nutritional pioneer Dr (and as a consequence had all their children's deformities were not Weston A. Price, a dentist who was sorts of accumulated food the result of heredity. Examination of curious about the underlying causes of the ancestral remains again revealed tooth decay. matter), they still did not perfectly formed dental arches. It was Seventy years ago, Dr Price began a HH only after eating modern processed systematic study of the growing dental have any cavities. foods that these kinds of problems caries problem in that era by visiting began to appear. In our modern indigenous populations around the society, these types of birth defects are world and analysing their teeth in commonplace. It is no coincidence relation to their diets.’ Generally speaking, he found that when that in the 70 years since Dr Price made his observations, the native peoples around the globe continued eating the diet that condition of our food supply has become much worse. their ancestors for many generations had eaten, they could easily Our current approach to food production is damaging to our maintain exceptional dental health, in the order of near perfection. teeth, to our general health and to the health of the environment. However, when they started eating the Western processed foods The introduction of a vast array of artificial foods never before that were just becoming available to them from contact with the seen in the human diet has had a tremendous impact on all our white race, they started to have dental cavities with much lives. Dental decay is but one minor side-effect of our actions, frequency. The figures stated at the beginning of this article are _ but it is one that can no longer be denied. By understanding the reminiscent of the observations made by Dr Price of those eating true causes of dental caries, we can begin to accept the reality of a poor diet. When indigenous societies adopted a modern diet, our predicament and, with any hope, begin to change it. their dental health rapidly deteriorated; whereas those who maintained a traditional diet, consisting of foods that i their ancestors ate, kept their beautiful teeth into old age. (/ Whe It is interesting to note that although the indigenous fl ¢, by 4 . . ta | peoples did not brush their teeth much (and as a conse- & i # \ quence had all sorts of accumulated food matter), they Nae still did not have any cavities.'' They were able to keep [i 4\ near-perfect dental health for their whole lives, as long as they were eating their traditional diets. The individuals /- examined had excellent teeth, even though they did not | , have fluoridated water, dentists or toothpaste. As soon as I they starting eating the highly processed "white man's food", they began losing their teeth to decay. In these = cases, brushing made their teeth cleaner, but they still got Lo - cavities! This observation alone should call into question the false beliefs that the ADA has instilled in the American people. The foods that specifically caused dental ill health were the following: white flour, sugar, polished rice, canned food, refined vegetable oils and all the food products that contain these ingredients. Sure enough, these kinds of s food items are just about all that can be found in the typi- . cal Western supermarket. When grains are processed and ground into flour, particularly white flour, they are "Me? I'ma vaccine researcher." (and as a consequence had all sorts of accumulated food matter), they still did not ee ene ene ea (bie g G se a Mh) hy _— th a ieee {At : NEXUS = 19 have any cavities. "Me? I'ma vaccine researcher." FEBRUARY — MARCH 2006 www.nexusmagazine.com