The deadly diet
Circling the world in the 1920s and ‘30s, Dr Price, a dentist, and his wife found the same sinister pattern among “primitive” populations, whether isolated Irish fishermen, tribal Africans, Pacific islanders, Eskimos, North and South American Indians or Australian Aborigines. Those groups that followed their traditional nature-based enjoyed good health and vigour, and those that turned to the “civilized” diet of processed, sugar-laden foods soon developed a variety of ills, including misshapen bones and teeth – and the situation worsened with each generation. Dr Price’s fascinating accounts of his discoveries, and the extensive photo documentation he provides, drive home the nutritional truths that are only now gaining general understanding, and Nutrition and Physical Degeneration remains an unequaled source of basic information – a must for anyone seriously interested in the effects of food and health.

Anthony Colpo writes:
In the 1930's, numerous commentators were proffering all sorts of unlikely explanations for the alarming rise in tooth decay. Accomplished dentist Weston A. Price had long suspected faulty nutrition. He decided to visit isolated communities all around the world to study the effects of traditional diets. During his travels he examined Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait islanders, African tribes, isolated Swiss and Gaelics, Polynesians, Melanesians, New Zealand Maoris, Eskimos, North American Indians and Peruvians. Among all these isolated populations he noted one recurring theme; when people lived on their native diet of unrefined whole foods they enjoyed excellent health and an almost complete absence of tooth decay. However, when people from the same racial stock were exposed to western-style processed and refined foods, including canned goods, sugar and white flour, Price noted that their health took a sharp turn for the worse and the incidence of tooth decay would skyrocket. Price documented his findings with photographs comparing those on a native diet with those who lived near ports or other areas where "modern" foods were sold. Many of these are included in the book and the differences are striking. Those eating the traditional diet show clear complexion and excellent facial and jaw structure while those eating western foods exhibit marked dental and facial deformities.
Price called for a return to real food, warning that the widespread consumption of denatured foods would lead to much illness and suffering in Western nations and in developing nations where these foods were becoming ever more readily available. Price's warnings were ignored, and his prophecies fulfilled.
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration has to be one of the most important texts ever written on nutrition. Forget all those infommercial-style diet books - this is the real deal! A timeless classic that should be on the shelf of every serious student of nutrition.

 “An absolutely basic book on nutrition and disease prevention, as relevant today as when first published, decades ahead of it’s time.”
Jonathon V Wright MD

“A powerful testament to the adverse effects of our modern diet upon health. As shocking and relevant… as when it was first written”
Melvyn R. Werbach, M.D. Author of “Nutritional Influences on Illness”