winning people to the Native Nutrition Way

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Recently I received an email from some friends of mine at church which

is very encouraging. I have talked to them maybe four or five times

regarding nutrition and I have bumped into them on several occasions

at the local Trader Joe's after Sunday Trapieza (which is a church

wide meal we have after the Divine Liturgy, which in ancient times was

known as the love feast). Judging by their grocery cart I didn't think

they were really getting the message, but they assured me it was a

time thing, that at one point they had really been into nutrition, and

that many in their home school group were into Weston Price. They even

asked me once where to get raw milk. And we also ahve talked at length

about how I fast, since it is very much a part of my spiritual

tradition.

Below is a portion of the aforementioned email they sent

me.

" Dear :

Good to hear from you!

We've been reading a book called " Nourishing Traditions " which

features recipes and a lot of material from Weston Price. There are

many references to a book about enzymes which I want to get hold of.

The stuff is most convincing -- enough to try. We've been including

something fermented in our diet each day, taking some sort of raw or

fermented raw protein every day, along with or instead of vinegar or

kumbucha and have found the results profoundly encouraging. For my

part, the most reportable gain is in feeling better after eating,

rather than " how will I stay awake, since there is no place to lie

down " -- eating is an encouragement rather than entirely an obstacle

to successful struggle. And I feel some improvement in vision, with

much less need to massage the orbits of my eyes every couple of hours.

Maybe fasting will be improved, too, with added dimension, albeit

minus the simple relief of abstaining from so much toxic or processed

semi-food... "

You never know when the seeds we plant will take root, so we should

never lose hope. I'm sure the next time I see them we will have much

to talk about.

--

" It is no crime to be ignorant of economics,

which is, after all, a specialized discipline

and one that most people consider to be a

'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible

to have a loud and vociferous opinion on

economic subjects while remaining in this

state of ignorance. "

-- Murray Rothbard