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    In our bestselling cookbook, Nourishing Traditions (New Trends, 2000), we focused extensively on the foods and culinary techniques found by Dr. Price to support health. In Eat Fat, Lose Fat , we’ll show you easy ways to use traditional natural ingredients and age-old culinary techniques. In his work, Price found that similar foods and preparation techniques evolved in many different cultures to provide the right kind of nutrients, prepared in a way that the human body could absorb. This is the foundation of the dietary program we’ll offer in Eat Fat, Lose Fat , with a special emphasis on coconut oil and other healthy fats because of their unique ability to boost metabolism, build energy, and nurture health. The traditional foods our program uses are not unfamiliar: they’re much like the scrumptious meals your grandmother used to make.
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    Who Was Weston A. Price?
    In 1932, Dr. Price, a Cleveland dentist, launched a unique investigation. He had grown increasingly concerned about the declining health of his patients. Observing rampant tooth decay and crowded and crooked teeth, he noted that people with these dental problems invariably suffered from other health problems as well. Price believed that these problems were not hereditary but nutritional. He was skeptical that the diets his patients were consuming, based on sugar, white flour, and vegetable oils, could support good health.
    Having heard that isolated peoples consuming only local foods had excellent dental health, Price spent over ten years traveling to remote parts of the globe to study the health of populations untouched by Western civilization in order to discover whether nonindustrialized peoples indeed were healthy and, if so, what were they eating?
    He visited sequestered villages in Switzerland, Gaelic communities in the Outer Hebrides, indigenous peoples of North and South America, Melanesian and Polynesian South Sea Islanders, African tribes, Australian Aborigines, and New Zealand Maori. In all, Price found 14 population groups that enjoyed beautiful, straight teeth free from decay, as well as fine physiques and resistance to disease, so long as they ate their traditional diets, which were rich in certain essential food factors.
    On the other hand, whenever these traditional peoples began to eat devitalized Western foods, which Price called “the displacing foods of modern commerce,” physical degeneration ensued. Health problems showed up immediately, and structural defects (namely, narrow jaws and crooked teeth) appeared in the next generation. Not surprisingly, widespread obesity often accompanied the transition to modern processed foods.
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    You’ll find the whys, hows, and whats of healthy fat consumption in Eat Fat, Lose Fat ’s three parts.
    In Part 1, you’ll learn why you should be eating traditional fats, why they are healthy, and why you’ve been told they aren’t. Chapter 2 presents the history and science behind the anti-fat campaign, showing you how a different interpretation of the data leads to a totally different conclusion about fats. Chapter 3 explains in more depth why your body needs fats, and particularly why the kinds of fats you’ll enjoy on our program are healthier than others. Chapter 4 provides the foundations of our nutritional philosophy and applies it to weight loss.
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    What Do We Mean by Traditional Foods?
    We’re talking about real foods: butter, cream, raw milk cheeses, steak, lamb chops, bacon and patés without additives, and hearty soups made with real stock. “Traditional” means the type of foods nonindustrialized peoples ate: foods in their natural, unprocessed form, from unconfined animals that feed on pasture. In our recipe section, you’ll also learn traditional preparation methods, including fermentation, that make grains and vegetables healthier and easier to digest. You’ll even learn how to make healthy soft drinks.
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