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What Is The Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation?
The Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation was founded in 1952 and became a not-for-profit 501 © (3) Public Education Organization in 1954. Later known as the Weston A. Price Memorial Foundation, it was established to provide the public and the healing professions with historical and anthropological findings, and up-to-date, accurate scientific information on nutrition and health. The Foundation is known for its integrity and accuracy in making this information available to the public.
In 1996 the Price-Pottenger Board of Directors adopted Health and Healing Wisdom Foundation as an alternative or "also known as" name. It has been registered with the State of California and the IRS, and will henceforth appear on all PPNF literature. This was done because the PPNF name is not widely recognized among the general public. Drs. Price and Pottenger were giants in their field, but they are not household words. Our alternative name describes our vital work to those who are new to the foundation and the subject of nutrition. It captures our essential grounding in Price's studies on the dietary wisdom of indigenous peoples, and carries the upbeat message of health and healing for all.
To assure the healing professionals and the public would always have access to the critical nutritional discoveries of Dr. Price, the Foundation has a mandate to maintain in print his Nutrition and Physical Degeneration as it contains the documentation of his research.
The Foundation is completely independent of commercial interests and is dedicated to guarding the message of Dr. Price against misuse and misinterpretation. Because of its success through the years, the Foundation has become heir to the basic research of numbers of other pioneering researchers in the field of nutrition and health. The first of these to be added was the outstanding work of Francis M. Pottenger,Jr., M.D.
The Foundation serves as a guardian for precious archives and provides access to modern scientific validation of ancestral wisdom on diet, agriculture, life-style and health. It houses the extensive files, notes and photographs of Dr. Price and Dr. Pottenger, along with the groundbreaking research of William Albrecht, Ph.D., famous soil specialist; Dr. Royal Lee, vitamin researcher; Dr. Melvin Page, specialist in the relationship of the endocrine system, diet and disease; Dr. Emmanuel Cheraskin, renowned nutrition researcher; and practicing physicians John Myers and Henry Bieler, both known for their success in the treatment of chronic illness.
Through access to its archived material, its quarterly journal and its booklists of reprints and modern publications, the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation serves as a trustworthy source of accurate information on the principles of good nutrition and on the biological cycle of which man is a part.
The Relevance of the Price-Pottenger Research for the 21st Century
Today, as always, the human body requires whole, nutrient-rich foods in order to achieve optimum health; and the public, more than ever, needs access to accurate information on healthy diet and life-style. Two current trends underscore the importance of the PPNF message. One is the notion that animal fats are dangerous to human health, a misconception promulgated by certain commercial interests--notably the vegetable oil and fabricated food industries. The public has been told to avoid animal fats in the mistaken belief that this vital component of our food causes heart disease and cancer. Weston Price, however, discovered that the diets of healthy primitive peoples contained ten times more of the nutrients found in animal fats than the American diet of his day. These fat-soluble factors are vital for reproduction, normal growth and freedom from disease. With the recent huge increase in the use of processed vegetable oils, civilized peoples are experiencing even greater deficiencies in fat-soluble nutrients. The second trend is the continued practice of intensive soil cultivation through the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, of factory farming animals for meat and milk products, and of the devitalizing food processing methods. These practices decrease nutrients and increase harmful substances in the food supply. All of the researchers archived in the PPNF collection recognized that soil improvement and nontoxic farming are fundamental requisites for a healthy populace. PPNF is dedicated to encouraging a return to traditional, biological farming methods. The demonstration center now being planned will further this work with a living laboratory to demonstrate the principles of soil enrichment with compost through the use of earthworms and animal manure; of humane animal husbandry, particularly to increase levels of the Price "X Factor" in dairy fats; of proper choice of whole natural foods derived from fertile soil; and of preparation techniques that enhance rather than diminish nutrient content in our food.
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