Wow, I wish this had happened when I was a young mom. This video below is from the 2024 Wise Traditions Conference in Orlando, FL. It’s a panel of women talking about nutrition for babies and children from a Weston A. Price Foundation point of view. Who is Weston A. Price? He was a dentist who researched the different indigenous populations the world over in the 1930s before these people were contaminated by the modern food industry. He found these people had zero birth defects, zero need for braces, zero glasses, zero chronic diseases, and zero mental illnesses. These people were happy and healthy. He analyzed their diets and discovered commonalities among them. The big ones were that the diets involved local foods, animal foods, and nutrient dense foods like organ meats. So, there were no vegans or vegetarians in the groups. He also discovered that the sacred foods all involved what he called Activator X, which is now thought to be Vitamin K2. If you want to know more, go here. A list of the diet principles is here.

When I was a young mom, I knew about Dr. Price and even bought the cookbook shown below, but I didn’t apply it all to my life or understand how to apply it to my life. I’m glad so many resources are around now to learn how to apply the WAPF dietary principles.

Those involved in the video are the following women, as shown in the screenshot above:

Hilda Labrada Gore, aka Holistic Hilda, the moderator of the panel

Sally Fallon Morrell, founder of the Weston A. Price Foundation. She’s the author of the cookbooks above and below.

Zen Honeycutt from Moms Across America

Christine Muldoon of Nourish the Littles

Sandrine Perez, from nourishingourchildren.org

Pam Schoenfeld, R.D. with a practice in North Carolina

Some key takeaways:

“Don’t worry if your kid won’t eat vegetables. Skip the veggies. Focus on nutrient-dense foods of meat and eggs.”

“Regular picky eating is a natural phase in a child’s development that all kids experience. They will outgrow it with time.” -Christine Muldoon

“During the break between pregnancies, it’s essential for a woman to rebuild her nutritional stores and avoid breastfeeding while pregnant.” -Sandrine Perez

“Just do the work, and even if the children don’t eat it all the time, remember that you’re doing what’s best for them.” -Pam Schoenfeld

Want more Wise Traditions ideas for nourishing your family?

Here are other times I’ve blogged about it with links to resources.

Sally’s blog is here.

Check out the Wise Traditions YouTube Channel here.

A preview of the Beautiful Babies book, based on the WAPF diet, is here on my blog. A review of the book is here on the WAPF website.

Watch another video below from the 2023 Conference. Happy nourishing!