What Price found (was: Re: Reply...Heidi...2nd time)

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>> > I have got to read Weston Price's book. Did you say he found VEGAN

>> > tribes? Where on earth? I had never heard about vegan tribes, maybe

>> > they were near-vegetarian, but vegan? Are you sure?

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>> No, he did not find any vegan tribes. In fact, he stated that the

>> idea of vegetarianism was modern and ideologically driven.

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>> He did find a group in Africa whose diet was low in animal products,

>> but the animal products they consumed were animal products very dense

>> in the animal-associated nutrients. He found that they were of lesser

>> stature and dominated by the other groups, iirc, but I believe they

>> had a very low rate of tooth decay (though I think a little decay,

>> iirc... been a while.)

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>> Chris

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> are you absolutely SURE about this? why would sally then say

>this in her talks? hasn't she basically researched dr. price up and

>down? ya know what i mean? i mean, she founded WAPF...and so she

>based her work on his work. and i don't think she would say something

>like that unless she actually got it from dr. price's work...ya know

>what i mean?

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>laura

I think there's a miscommunication here. My understanding is that he found

vegan *societies* but not vegan *tribes*. Although he's not really clear on

this. Here's a quote from NAPD:

" I have as yet found no group that was building and maintaining good bodies

exclusively on plant foods. A number of groups are endeavoring to do so with

marked evidence of failure. The variety of animal foods available has varied

widely in some groups, and been limited among others. " p.282

I was under the impression he's talking about religious groups that are

practicing veganism based on religious ideology (such as some of the Eastern

religions), but I could be wrong.

Suze Fisher

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