Takeaways: Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

I am still pondering the implications of Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. It fascinates me that Weston A. Price figured out so much in the 1930s that is unknown and/or under-appreciated in 2018, at least in mainstream thought.

Here are my takeaways from Price's work that I think are less-than-commonly believed today.

• Technological advancements often detract from humanity as opposed to enhancing it.
• We have a lot to learn from non-civilized cultures and peoples.
• Rites of passage are important for building strength of character in individuals and in communities.
• We try to out-science Nature at our peril.
• Everything is connected.
• It is crucial to keep in mind how we evolved.
• You can infer some things about a person's health by looking at them.
• When a person has one health issue, they are likely to have other issues as well.
• Dental problems are likely a symptom rather than a disease.
• Some nutrients are only conditionally absorbed by the body.
• It is more effective to treat a patient holistically at the root cause level than to treat via numerous specialists.
• It is possible to make radical health improvements via nutrition.
• Animal products, rather than being dangerous, are often the most important portions of a person's diet.
• A calorie is not a calorie.
• Reproductive struggles are often related to poor nutrition.
• Makeup of saliva, stemming from nutrition, is very important to dental health.
• Health is determined much more often by nutrition than by genetics.
• The knee bone is connected to the thigh bone, the thigh bone is connected to the hip bone, etc.
• It is very difficult to obtain adequate nutrition on a plants-only diet.
• Physical, mental, and emotional issues are all related.
• The nutrition of an animal product is impacted significantly by that animal's diet.
• Some common ailments, such as shrinking, may be related to a lack of nutrition rather than inevitable facts of aging.
• The nutrition of the mother plays a huge role in the health of a developing baby.
• The nutrition of both parents prior to conception makes a huge difference in the health of a baby.
• Crowding of teeth and pinched nostrils are determined by parental and childhood nutrition, not by heredity.
• Monocropping is problematic.
• Civilization wrecked lots of great cultures and peoples.
• The body and mind do not operate independently.
• For the child's sake, it is important for both parents to prepare nutritionally prior to conception.
• Nutrition changes the shape of your face. As in, the bones!
• Dental health is much, much more about nutrition than it is brushing or flossing.